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  The Taversoe Tuick, Rousay

Layout of the cairn

Upper Chamber: Taversoe Tuick. Illustration by Sigurd Towrie
Upper Chamber - Taversoe Tuick

Upper Chamber: Taversoe Tuick. Illustration by Sigurd Towrie

Lower Chamber - the mound and upper entrance are shown as a dooted line

Section Contents
Orkney's Chambered
Cairns
The Development of the Cairns
Building the Cairns
How were they used?
Unstan Ware and Grooved Ware
Were the Cairns Designed for Sound?

Maeshowe
Isbister - The Tomb of the Eagles
Cuween Cairn
Quoyness, Sanday
Wideford Hill
Unstan Cairn
Crantit Cairn
Midhowe, Rousay
Taversoe Tuick
  Cairn Layout
  The Upper Chamber
  The Lower Chamber
  The Outer Chamber - Communicating with the dead?
Blackhammer Cairn
The Dwarfie Stane
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