Maes Howe
Also known as Maes Howe, chambered cairn, Maeshowe
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Maeshowe
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Maes Howe
- Ancient site.image
- MaesHowe.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- The chambered cairn in 2006
- Ancient site.map_type
- Scotland
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location in Scotland, United Kingdom
- Ancient site.location
- Stenness, Scotland
- Ancient site.type
- Chambered cairn
- Ancient site.diameter
- 35 meters
- Ancient site.height
- 7.3 meters
- Ancient site.material
- Stone
- Ancient site.epochs
- Neolithic
Article
14 sectionsContents
- Name and etymology
- Design and construction
- Siting
- People and society
- Style
- Norse intrusion and runic inscriptions
- Excavation
- World Heritage status
- Visitor centre
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
200px|right|thumb|Maeshowe Entrance
Maeshowe (or Maes Howe; ) is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was probably built around . In the archaeology of Scotland, it gives its name to the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, which is limited to Orkney.
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3rd-millennium BC architecture in ScotlandArchaeoastronomyArchaeological museums in ScotlandArchaeological sites in OrkneyBuildings and structures completed in the 3rd millennium BCChambered cairns in ScotlandHeart of Neolithic OrkneyHistoric Environment Scotland properties in OrkneyMainland, OrkneyMuseums in OrkneyNeolithic ScotlandPassage graves