HistoryHidden gem
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
Finstown, Scotland
A Neolithic cairn you crawl into, with a tiny chamber lined in stone.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 30 min
Cuween Hill is a Maeshowe-style cairn on a hill near Finstown, open all year. The passage is low and narrow and you go in on hands and knees. Take a torch, and expect to have it to yourself.
Good to know
- Take a torch
- Narrow, low entrance, wear old clothes
- Best time
- Any
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Short walk up from the road
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
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