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Maeshowe (or Maes Howe) is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. The monuments around Maeshowe, including Skara Brae, were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. It gives its name to the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, which bears no similarities to any other known chambered cairn design, either in Orkney or elsewhere. Maes Howe, picture taken by Tim Bekaert on July 16, 2004. ...
Maes Howe, picture taken by Tim Bekaert on July 16, 2004. ...
Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 944 KB)Maes Howe Entrance, picture taken by Tim Bekaert on July 16, 2004. ...
Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 944 KB)Maes Howe Entrance, picture taken by Tim Bekaert on July 16, 2004. ...
An array of Neolithic artefacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools Excavated dwellings at Skara Brae Scotland, Europes most complete Neolithic village. ...
A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a cairn of stones inside which a sizeable (usually stone) chamber was constructed. ...
A passage tomb near the town of Sligo in Ireland A Passage grave (sometimes hyphenated) or Passage tomb is a tomb, usually dating to the Neolithic, where the burial chamber is reached along a distinct, and usually low, passage. ...
The Orkney Islands form one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and are a Lieutenancy Area. ...
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SKARA BRAE IS ALSO TH E NAME GIVEN TO A WORLD FAMOUS IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC BAND FROM RANAFAST CO.DONEGAL, IRELAND. THE TWO MAIN VOCALISTS ARE SISTERS Maighréad Nà Dhomhnaill and TrÃona Nà Dhomhnaill and their brother MÃcheál ó Domhnaill is a lead member. ...
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Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Built originally by grooved ware people, the site is close to several other significant ancient monuments thought to be contemporary with Maeshowe. Most Neolithic cultures in Britain are best identified by the pottery remains which they left. ...
It was looted by Vikings (Earl Harald Maddadarson and Ragnvald, Earl of Moer[1]) in c. 12th century CE, who left, in their passing, a series of runic graffiti on the stone walls of the chamber while they sheltered. There are over thirty individual inscriptions, the largest collection in the British Isles (or indeed anywhere else). The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ...
Ragnvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Møre and Romsdall, was born in Maer nord Trodelag, Norway and died at the Orkney Islands. ...
(11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ...
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The corbelled roof was shattered in 1861 by overenthusiastic archaeologists. Luckily, they did relatively little structural damage and the site still represents a standard of exacting design and construction not found anywhere else in the British Isles. Elaborately decorated classical-style stone corbels support balconies on a building in Indianapolis. ...
1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
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See also
Ring of Brodgar The Ring of Brodgar (or Brogar) is a neolithic henge and stone circle in The Mainland Orkney, Scotland, somewhat similar to Stonehenge in England. ...
The Stone Lud is a standing stone in the parish of Bower in Caithness, Highland Scotland, at 58° 31′ 52″ N 03° 20′ 07″ W, (Grid ref ND222617, or on this 6 inch Ordnance Survey map printed in 1877), and about six kilometres (four miles) south of Castletown. ...
External links - Orkneyjar
- Winter Solstice Webcam
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Canterbury Cathedral from the southwest. ...
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Durham Cathedral silhouetted against the sunset Durham Cathedral from nearby The Rose Window in the Chapel of the Nine Altars. ...
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Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ...
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The Anglican church of St. ...
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Stonehenge in 2004 For other meanings of Stonehenge, see: Stonehenge (disambiguation) Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. ...
Avebury is the site of an enormous henge and stone circles in the English county of Wiltshire, surrounding a village of the same name. ...
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New Lanark is a village on the River Clyde, approximately two kilometres from the Royal Burgh of Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. ...
The Old Town of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ...
The Edinburgh New Town is a neo-classical masterpiece. ...
Mercator projection map of the St Kilda Island group with inset of the British Isles. ...
SKARA BRAE IS ALSO TH E NAME GIVEN TO A WORLD FAMOUS IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC BAND FROM RANAFAST CO.DONEGAL, IRELAND. THE TWO MAIN VOCALISTS ARE SISTERS Maighréad Nà Dhomhnaill and TrÃona Nà Dhomhnaill and their brother MÃcheál ó Domhnaill is a lead member. ...
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