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Taversoe Tuick, chambered cairn and nearby remains

Taversoe Tuick, chambered cairn and nearby remains — archaeological site in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.

Taversoe Tuick, chambered cairn and nearby remains

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Taversoe Tuick, chambered cairn and nearby remains is a archaeological in islands. (Neolithic cairn in Orkney, Scotland.) Wikipedia notes: "Taversöe Tuick is a Neolithic burial cairn on Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, thought to date from between 4000 and 2500 BCE. The monument includes a rare example of a double-tiered chamber, an upper chamber approached via a passageway and a lower subterranean chamber, originally separate, which can now be reached via a modern ladder from the upper chamber.". Coordinates 59.1314°, -3.0047°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
59.1314, -3.0047

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