Toms of the Isles Eday Launch

Braeside, Eday

Tombs of the Isles - Braeside Chambered Cairn, Eday.
Type:Orkney-Cromarty.
Rectangular cairn.
Tripartite chamber.
Location:Map
Notes:The robbed cairn stands in an area of low moorland, 150m from Huntersquoy and with the Vinquoy Hill cairn on the skyline to the north-west.

It is rectangular in plan, measuring about 30m along the main north-south axis by 18m transversely.
Links:Canmore
References:Davidson, J. L. & Henshall, A. S. (1989). The Chambered Cairns of Orkney. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Plane-table survey; chambered cairn, Braeside, Eday. 1935.
Publication drawing; chambered cairn, Braeside, Eday
Publication drawing; chambered cairn, Braeside, Eday. 1935.
Braeside chambered cairn.
(Davidson & Henshall. 1989. The Chambered Cairns of Orkney)