include Quanterness chambered cairn (3250 BC) in which the remains of 157 individuals were found when excavated in the 1970s, Cuween Hill near Finstown which...
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107778°W / 58.997117; -3.107778 Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn (grid reference HY364127) is a Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland, the main island of Orkney...
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Wideford Hill chambered cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. The tomb dates to around 2000 BC, and is similar in design...
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a scheduled monument in 1929. Taversöe Tuick Vinquoy chambered cairn Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn Wickham-Jones, Caroline (2012). Monuments of Orkney:...
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established the site as a scheduled monument in 1994. Vinquoy chambered cairn Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn Timeline of prehistoric Scotland "Rousay, Knowe of Yarso"...
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Vinquoy chambered cairn Unstan chambered cairn Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn Midhowe Chambered Cairn Henshall, Audrey (1985). The Chambered Cairns, in:...
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Press/Historic Scotland. p. 71 "The Cuween Hill Cairn, Firth". Orkneyjar. Retrieved 21 July 2012. "Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn". Historic Scotland. Retrieved...
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Blackhammer Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on the island of Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland. The tomb, constructed around 3000 BC,...
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2012. Armit (1996) p. 71 "The Cuween Hill Cairn, Firth". Orkneyjar. Retrieved 21 July 2012. "Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn". Historic Scotland. Retrieved...
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image of the forensic model of a Neolithic dog skull found at Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn, Orkney, Scotland was published by Sci-News.com on April 22,...
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Nearby, are three Neolithic chambered cairns, including Wideford Hill chambered cairn and the Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn. Another earth house, the Grain...
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Maeshowe (category Chambered cairns in Scotland)
Maeshowe (or Maes Howe; Old Norse: Orkhaugr) is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was probably built...
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the earliest stone castles to survive in Scotland Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn Neolithic chambered tomb Dounby Click Mill The last surviving horizontal...
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midsummer sunset shines along the passageway, with similarities to some chambered cairns. The structure was surrounded by a clay platform. The entrance...
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Knowe of Swandro (category Chambered cairns in Scotland)
might be a Neolithic chambered cairn. The walls of the structure are more similar to the casement walls seen in Neolithic chambered cairns, which have a...
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view. There are two main types of chambered cairn on these islands: the Orkney/Cromarty type with a burial chamber approached through a low passage and...
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back wall of the chamber at Bryn Celli Ddu is smooth enough to carry a detailed image. In contrast, projections inside Cuween Hill fall upon rough stone...
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