Maeshowe
Maeshowe is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was probably built around 2800 BC. In the archaeology of Scotland, it gives its name to the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, which is limited to Orkney.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monument
- Description: Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland
- Also known as: “Maes Howe” and “Maes Howe, chambered cairn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Standing Stones of Stenness and Tormiston Mill.
Standing Stones of Stenness
Archaeological site
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The Standing Stones of Stenness are a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles. Standing Stones of Stenness is situated 3,700 feet west of Maeshowe.
Tormiston Mill
Watermill
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Tormiston Mill is a Category B listed watermill located on the Mainland of Orkney, in Scotland, owned by Historic Scotland since 1989. The mill sits adjacent to Maeshowe Chambered Cairn. Tormiston Mill is situated 700 feet southeast of Maeshowe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stenness and Firth.
Stenness
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Stenness is a small, scattered village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, on the A965 main road between Kirkwall and Stromness. It has several UNESCO World Heritage Listed neolithic sights: the Stones, Maeshowe and Ring of Brodgar, with Skara Brae a few miles further north.
Firth
Locality
Firth is a civil parish mainly on Mainland, Orkney. The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish. Firth is situated 2½ miles east of Maeshowe.
Finstown
Village
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finstown is a village in the parish of Firth on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is the fourth-largest settlement in the Orkney Islands. According to travel author Eric Linklater, the homes in Finstown are tidy and well cared for. Finstown is situated 2½ miles east of Maeshowe.
Maeshowe
- Categories: archaeological site and chambered cairn
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Maeshowe” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Maeshowe”
- Catalan: “Maeshowe”
- Cebuano: “Maeshowe”
- Chinese: “梅肖韦古墓”
- Danish: “Maeshowe”
- Dutch: “Maes Howe”
- Finnish: “Maeshowe”
- French: “Maeshowe”
- German: “Maes Howe”
- Greek: “Τύμβος Μέισοου”
- Hebrew: “מיס האו”
- Irish: “Maes Howe”
- Italian: “Maeshowe”
- Japanese: “メイズハウ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Maeshowe”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maeshowe”
- Norwegian: “Maeshowe”
- Persian: “میزهو”
- Polish: “Maes Howe”
- Russian: “Мейсхау”
- Scots: “Maeshowe”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Maes Howe”
- Slovenian: “Maeshowe”
- Spanish: “Maeshowe”
- Swedish: “Maeshowe”
- Ukrainian: “Мейсхау”
- Welsh: “Maes Howe”
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