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    The Tomb of the Eagles, or Isbister Chambered Cairn, is a Neolithic chambered tomb located on a cliff edge at Isbister on South Ronaldsay in Orkney, Scotland...
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    Midhowe Chambered Cairn is a large Neolithic chambered cairn located on the south shore of the island of Rousay, Orkney, Scotland. The name "Midhowe" comes...
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    in salt or leather preparation. Liddle Farm is also the site of Isbister Chambered Cairn, popularly known as the Tomb of the Eagles. Timeline of prehistoric...
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    circle. The Isbister Chambered Cairn, popularly known as the "Tomb of the Eagles" is located on the cliffs of South Ronaldsay. This chambered tomb was in...
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    lighting of warning beacons. The island is known for the Neolithic Isbister Chambered Cairn, popularly known as the "Tomb of the Eagles". Discovered by Ronald...
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    Islands. In Orkney, the Isbister Cairn is the only site that is similar in shape. The chambers usually lie in a round cairn made of broken rocks, which...
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    ware is named after the Unstan Chambered Cairn on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, a fine example of a stalled chambered tomb in a circular mound, where...
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    Westray, dating from around 3500 BCE. The settlers also introduced chambered cairn tombs, as at Maeshowe, and the many standing stones and circles such...
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    Friendship (1871) and the 70-ton schooner Mary Ogilvie (1873). In 1861 William Isbister constructed at Carey's Bay the first patent slip of its kind in New Zealand...
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  • Sergeant Major John Wisley Chalmers, Gordon Highlanders Captain Bernard Isbister Chambers, Royal Engineers, Spec Captain Francis Gibaut Chambers, Royal...
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