Maes Howe
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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
- Ancient site.ownership
- Historic Scotland
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
- Ancient site.designation1
- WHS
- Ancient site.designation1_partof
- Heart of Neolithic Orkney
- Ancient site.designation1_date
- 1999 (23rd session)
- Ancient site.designation1_type
- Cultural
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 4.638
- Image
- Maeshowe.jpg
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- Maeshowe
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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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