Maeshowe

Maeshowe
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Maeshowe is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave on Mainland Orkney, Scotland, constructed around 2800 BC [1]. It is the type site for the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, found exclusively in Orkney [1]. Archaeological evidence indicates it served as a collective burial site during the Neolithic period [1].

TypeCairn
Period3000 - 1500 BC
CountryScotland
Coordinates58.9967° N, 3.1881° W

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