The Creation of Time

The first combination of alignments of natural features and megalithic chambers I found in Orkney was on Eday island. It may be the most convincing alignment because it is so obvious. It aligns Ward Hill in the south, the highest point on Eday with a range of hill tops in between to Grey Head on the Calf.

An alignment of hilltops which are rounded as in this case allows for a wider margin to fall under      The first combination of alignments of natural features and megalithic chambers I found in Orkney was on Eday island. It may be the most convincing alignment because it is so obvious. It aligns Ward Hill in the south, the highest point on Eday with a range of hill tops in between to Grey Head on the Calf.

An alignment of hilltops which are rounded as in this case allows for a wider margin to fall under the alignment because you do not know where exactly the highest rock point underneath the soil is, but on average these alignments are within a band of about 30-50 meters, stretching over 50 km or more.

When we put our line one millimetre west of Ward Hill’s point which means 25 metres taken on the most used maps ( O.S.: 1 : 25,000) and connect it with Grey Head on the Calf, then see the rest for yourself, there can be no doubt.

On Eday we see the following numbers and names on that alignment:

Ward Hill 101, then several hilltops marked by numbers : 90; 83; 77; then Chapel Hill, 36 (Sandhill?), 20 (Cauldhame), 53 Mill Hill, 34 Hammarhill, 39 Hill of Bomo,39 (Quarries), 54 (Highpoint Calf), and then Grey Head with natural arch nearby.

On Chapel Hill close to the ruin of the chapel is the ruin of a chamber I was told had held the Stone of Eday, a carved stone in the same style as the Pierowall Stone, both inspired by Boyne Valley symbols. Most probably a M.H.- type of chamber.

The next chambered cairn is close by on the opposite hill slope, then there is a disused quarry, which of course is an indication that there is high quality rock on the alignment and possibly the source of the chambers nearby.

Then on the top of the Mill Hill there is another chambered cairn. These are the three which are definitely aligned with the hilltop alignment, which actually runs parallel to the boundary of geological formations, the Eday beds and the Rousay Flags, so there may be a fault line there, several other quarries are on the line.

A more easily recognisable alignment here is the chamber of Vinquoy Hill, and the chamber on Chapel Hill, which is exactly North-South on the map and includes a chambered cairn near Hall. Then there is also Vinquoy, Hunters Quoy, Natural Arch (Mill Bay).

the alignment because you do not know where exactly the highest rock point underneath the soil is, but on average these alignments are within a band of about 30-50 meters, stretching over 50 km or more.

When we put our line one millimetre west of Ward Hill’s point which means 25 metres taken on the most used maps ( O.S.: 1 : 25,000) and connect it with Grey Head on the Calf, then see the rest for yourself, there can be no doubt.

On Eday we see the following numbers and names on that alignment:

Ward Hill 101, then several hilltops marked by numbers : 90; 83; 77; then Chapel Hill, 36 (Sandhill?), 20 (Cauldhame), 53 Mill Hill, 34 Hammarhill, 39 Hill of Bomo,39 (Quarries), 54 (Highpoint Calf), and then Grey Head with natural arch nearby.

On Chapel Hill close to the ruin of the chapel is the ruin of a chamber I was told had held the Stone of Eday, a carved stone in the same style as the Pierowall Stone, both inspired by Boyne Valley symbols. Most probably a M.H.- type of chamber.

The next chambered cairn is close by on the opposite hill slope, then there is a disused quarry, which of course is an indication that there is high quality rock on the alignment and possibly the source of the chambers nearby.

Then on the top of the Mill Hill there is another chambered cairn. These are the three which are definitely aligned with the hilltop alignment, which actually runs parallel to the boundary of geological formations, the Eday beds and the Rousay Flags, so there may be a fault line there, several other quarries are on the line.

A more easily recognisable alignment here is the chamber of Vinquoy Hill, and the chamber on Chapel Hill, which is exactly North-South on the map and includes a chambered cairn near Hall. Then there is also Vinquoy, Hunters Quoy, Natural Arch (Mill Bay).