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Photographic Views of Orkney

Maeshowe Chambered Cairn, Orkney

Description:

Maeshowe is a chambered cairn that was built 5000 years ago during the Neolithic period. The Neolithic period was the final division of the Stone Age, and creating such a vast tomb would have been a great challenge for our remote ancestors who constructed the chambered cairn without the use of metal tools. 

Source:
The Dick Institute
Digital Number:
RI_DI_0077529
Creation Date:
1920
Copyright:
East Ayrshire Council