Field Visit
Date 1998
Event ID 639240
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/639240
It is located on the highest point of the Holm, about 22m from the coast edge. The cairn is sub-rectangular in plan and measures 38m long by 19.5m wide. It is aligned north-northeast - south-southwest (Davidson and Henshall, 1989, no.22).
An entrance passage to the east-southeast side, originally some 5.5m long, leads into the main chamber. This is 13.5m long and has a cell to either end, making the overall length up to some 20.4m. Ten further cells, two of which are double cells, open off the main chamber. These are arranged in five facing pairs to either side. The tomb is thought to have contained as many as eleven stones decorated with pecking, although not all are now visible. The original contents of the tomb, which included animal bones, have been lost.
Moore and Wilson, 1998
Orkney Coastal Zone Assessment