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Wideford Hill

Distance Approximate Time Height Gain OS Map
2 kms 00:30 (hrs:mins) 50 metres Explorer 461: Orkney - East Mainland

Description

From car park, follow track up to the chambered cairn, a Neolithic tomb dating from 3000BC on an artificial platform. There is access to the interior, torches availabe, and access through a trap door and ladder.

Access Info

Leave Kirkwall by the Old Finstown road, after two miles turn right up narrow lane. Car park is half way up the hill.
No public transport.

More Info

'Walks in Orkney' by Mary Welsh.Leaflets from TICs.

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