Vinquoy is a Maeshowe-type passage grave located on a prominent hill on Eday, Orkney, Scotland. It is constructed of red Eday sandstone, probably derived from an adjacent quarry. It has a roughly circular main chamber and four side cells. The tomb is cut into the hillside but capped with a cairn about 17.7 m in diameter and 2.5 m in height. The passage measures some 5m in length, 0.55m in breadth and 0.92m in height.
The tomb was crudely excavated by James Farrar and Robert Hebden in 1857, by breaking through the roof of the chamber, and it was published by George Petrie (1863). In the 1980s Rosemary Joy, of Carrick House gifted the monument to Orkney Islands Council, who restored the roof and open it to the public.
Model produced by Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark, National Museums Scotland, 01/06/22
This model was produced by the Tombs of the Isles project, funded by the North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme.
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