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Tag Archives: Maeshowe

Viking

Runes – separating fact from fiction

Runes - A Handbook Cover
Chambered Tomb, Neolithic

Virtual tour of Maeshowe goes online

Picture: Sigurd Towrie
Neolithic

Resurrecting the Neolithic priesthood…

Picture: Sigurd Towrie
Neolithic

The Ness of Brodgar – opening a Neolithic treasure chest

A sun symbol? The "Brodgar Eye", found, by the dresser in Structure Ten, in 2009.
Neolithic

Laser scanning the Heart of Neolithic Orkney

Dr Lyn Wilson, project leader, and Alastair Rawlinson of the Digital Design Studio at Glasgow School of Art scanning inside House Seven at Skara Brae. (Historic Scotland)
Neolithic

The ‘Cathedral’ at the Heart of Neolithic Orkney

The Neolithic 'cathedral' — Structure 10, from the north. (ORCA)
Neolithic

Experts stunned by scale of Brodgar structure

Structure Ten after initial cleaning. Here we see about half of it - geophysics suggests that it is over 20 metres long. (ORCA)
Chambered Tomb, Neolithic, Stone Circles and Standing Stones

Salt Knowe – Orkney’s Silbury Hill?

Salt Knowe, by the shore of the Stenness Loch. (Sigurd Towrie)
Chambered Tomb, Neolithic

Recent floods highlight theory on Maeshowe’s ditch

Picture: Historic Scotland
Chambered Tomb, Neolithic, Stone Circles and Standing Stones

Acoustic project returns to recreate the sounds of Orkney’s sites

Dr Aaron Watson at work in Maeshowe's entrance passage.
Chambered Tomb, Neolithic

Damage limitation investigations begin at two of Orkney’s top archaeological sites

Skara Brae, Sandwick, Orkney (Picture Sigurd Towrie)
Neolithic

Ongoing geophysics project continues to reveal secrets of the Ness of Brodgar

brodgar-scan
Chambered Tomb, Neolithic

Tourists declared “no threat” to Maeshowe

Picture: Sigurd Towrie
Chambered Tomb, Neolithic, Stone Circles and Standing Stones

“Brogar” no more and farewell to “Maes Howe”

Picture: Sigurd Towrie
Neolithic

New questions raised by geophysics surveys of Brodgar peninsula

Picture: Craig Taylor

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