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🏛️ Maeshowe Chambered Cairn

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🏛️ Maeshowe Chambered Cairn
Neolithic masterpiece in Orkney, Scotland


🕐 2 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 20:46
📋 Fast Facts
  • Built approximately 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic period
  • Located on the Orkney Mainland in Scotland (coordinates: 58.997°N, 3.188°W)
  • Constructed using massive stone blocks without metal tools or machinery
  • Central chamber accessible via a long, low-ceilinged passageway

Maeshowe is a monumental chambered cairn and one of the finest Neolithic buildings surviving in north-west Europe. Built ...

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