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Taversoe Tuick Chambered Cairn
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Taversoe Tuick Chambered Cairn

Rousay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

Near the pier at Trumland, on a hillside above Rousay's southern coast, Taversoe Tuick conceals an architectural anomaly....

Tomb of Eagles
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Tomb of Eagles

South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

On the southeastern tip of South Ronaldsay, where Orkney meets the open sea, a Neolithic chambered cairn stands near the cliff edge....

Torrylin Cairn
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Torrylin Cairn

Kilmory, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom

On the south coast of Arran, beside the quiet waters of Kilmory Water, a low arrangement of stones marks where Neolithic communities brought their dead....

Vinquoy Chambered Cairn
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Vinquoy Chambered Cairn

Eday, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

On the summit of Vinquoy Hill, the highest point on the island of Eday in Orkney, a Neolithic chambered cairn commands views across Calf Sound and the northern isles....

Camster Cairns - The Round Cairn
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Camster Cairns - The Round Cairn

Lybster, Caithness, United Kingdom

On the peatlands of Caithness, a circular mound of grey stone rises from the heather....

Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
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Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn

Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

On Cuween Hill, a few miles west of Kirkwall on Mainland Orkney, a low passage leads into the earth and opens into a chambered tomb five thousand years old....

Knowe of Lairo
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Knowe of Lairo

Rousay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

On the southwestern hillside of Rousay, overlooking Eynhallow Sound and the tidal island whose Norse name means Holy Island, the Knowe of Lairo stretches over forty-five...

Quoyness Chambered Cairn
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Quoyness Chambered Cairn

Sanday, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

On the Elsness peninsula of Sanday, one of Orkney's northern isles, a chambered cairn of exceptional preservation stands near the shore....

Maeshowe Chambered Cairn
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Maeshowe Chambered Cairn

Stenness, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

On Mainland Orkney, a grass-covered mound rises seven metres above a surrounding ditch....

Giants' Graves
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Giants' Graves

Whiting Bay, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom

On the eastern slopes of the Isle of Arran, above the village of Whiting Bay, two Neolithic chambered cairns stand in a clearing among the trees....

Knowe of Yarso
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Knowe of Yarso

Rousay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

High on a hillside above Eynhallow Sound, the Knowe of Yarso commands views that stretch across the water to Mainland Orkney and the hills beyond....

Nether Largie South Cairn
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Nether Largie South Cairn

Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom

In the heart of Kilmartin Glen, Nether Largie South Cairn has held its ground for more than five thousand years....

Unstan Chambered Cairn
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Unstan Chambered Cairn

Stenness, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

Unstan Chambered Cairn stands on a promontory reaching into the Loch of Stenness, where Neolithic communities placed their dead between land and water for over a thousand...

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