Maeshowe (or Maes Howe; Old Norse: Orkhaugr) is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was probably built...

later Maeshowe type. It was in use for 800 years or more and numerous bird bones were found here, predominantly white-tailed sea eagle. The Maeshowe group...

interpretation of the evidence, grooved ware is associated with the builders of the Maeshowe class of chambered tomb. The geographic distribution in Orkney of the two...

to the Ness of Brodgar site and the Standing Stones of Stenness and its Maeshowe tomb beyond make the Ring of Brodgar a site of major importance. The first...

were favoured, especially spirals and zig-zags. Examples are Newgrange in Ireland, Maeshowe in Orkney and Barclodiad y Gawres in Anglesey. v t e v t e...

to contain evidence that they were used for burial. One such example is Maeshowe. The passage tomb tradition is believed to have originated in the French...

Skara Brae passes near both these sites and ends at the chambered tomb of Maeshowe. Low roads connect Neolithic ceremonial sites throughout Britain. Originally...

emerged in this region, containing architectural features of both the Maeshowe subclass and the Orkney-Cromarty stalled subclasses of cairn. Wikimedia...

December 1999. The site of patrimony currently consists of four sites: Maeshowe – a chambered cairn and passage grave, aligned so that its central chamber...

is visible on this bearing. The sunset alignment differs from that of Maeshowe, a chambered cairn in Orkney, which is built so that sunlight will penetrate...

artificial structure but gains plausibility from the other two indicated lines. Maeshowe is thus an extremely sophisticated calendar site which must have been positioned...

Norse poetry composed in Scotland survive. Among the runic inscriptions at Maeshowe is a text identified as irregular verse. Scandinavian cultural contacts...

the stream and near the tip of the isthmus formed between the two lochs. Maeshowe chambered cairn is about 1.2 km (0.75 mi) to the east of the Standing Stones...

(Glenurquhart) Croftmoraig, Perthshire Kilmartin Glen, Argyll Machrie Moor, Arran Maeshowe, Orkney Ring of Brodgar, Orkney Skara Brae, Orkney Standing Stones of Stenness...

(2006) p. 57. "The Origin of the Maeshowe Plaecename" Orkneyjar. Retrieved 31 December 2008. Armit (2006) pp. 54–57. "Maeshowe" Archived 16 June 2017 at the...

surrounded by a clay platform. The entrance through this was aligned with Maeshowe. The structure is assumed to have served as a ceremonial site rather than...

Other remains from that era include the Standing Stones of Stenness, the Maeshowe passage grave, the Ring of Brodgar and other standing stones. Many of the...

February 2008. Hawkes 1986, p. 262 "History of Belas Knap Long Barrow". "Maeshowe". Orkneyjar. Retrieved 11 February 2008. "Barnhouse Settlement". Orkneyjar...

house, or a chamber tomb. Examples of barrows include Duggleby Howe and Maeshowe. The word tumulus is Latin for 'mound' or 'small hill', which is derived...

Prehistoric Orkney Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site: Maeshowe Ness of Brodgar Ring of Brodgar Skara Brae Standing Stones of Stenness Prehistoric...

inscription mentioning Lodbrok, carved on the prehistorical tumulus of Maeshowe on Orkney in the early 12th century. It reads: "This howe was built a long...

Brittany, which has a similar preserved facing and large carved stones, Maeshowe in Orkney, with its large corbelled chamber, and Bryn Celli Ddu in Wales...

Scotland, owned by Historic Scotland since 1989. The mill sits adjacent to Maeshowe Chambered Cairn. Tormiston Mill was built in 1882 by Colonel Balfour of...

by excavating the settlement of Skara Brae and the chambered tombs of Maeshowe and Quoyness. In these decades he published prolifically, producing excavation...

Prehistoric Orkney Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site: Maeshowe Ness of Brodgar Ring of Brodgar Skara Brae Standing Stones of Stenness Prehistoric...

Prehistoric Orkney Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site: Maeshowe Ness of Brodgar Ring of Brodgar Skara Brae Standing Stones of Stenness Prehistoric...

circle) which lie centrally in a close group of three major monuments. Maeshowe, the finest example of the passage grave type of chambered cairn (radiocarbon...

Prehistoric Orkney Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site: Maeshowe Ness of Brodgar Ring of Brodgar Skara Brae Standing Stones of Stenness Prehistoric...

Stane. Prehistoric Orkney Ring of Brodgar Standing Stones of Stenness Maeshowe World Heritage Sites in Scotland Timeline of prehistoric Scotland "The...

Prehistoric Orkney Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site: Maeshowe Ness of Brodgar Ring of Brodgar Skara Brae Standing Stones of Stenness Prehistoric...