Archaeological sites · Scottish Islands
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
In or near Kirkwall.
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn — Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland in the islands of Orkney.
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Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn is a archaeological in islands. (Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland in the islands of Orkney.) Wikipedia notes: "Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland, the main island of Orkney, Scotland, about 6 miles west of Kirkwall. It dates to around 3000 BC, and is similar in design to Maeshowe, but on a smaller scale.". Coordinates 58.9975°, -3.1083°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 58.9975, -3.1083
- Official site
- www.historicenvironment.scot
Sources
- wikidata: Q1146656 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Cuween Hill, front external view, 2012 March.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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