Maeshowe
Large Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave on Orkney, aligned so the setting midwinter sun illuminates its inner chamber - the type site for Orkney's distinctive Maeshowe-style tombs.
Dated events and their evidence
- 2,800 BCE mainstream
cairn constructed source
Where
58.9966° N, 3.1882° W
Sources
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