Maeshowe
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Maeshowe is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was probably built around 2800 BC. In the archaeology of Scotland, it gives its name to the Maeshowe
The chambered cairn in 2006
Maeshowe Entrance
Maeshowe soon after opening in 1861
Maes Howe interior in 2012
Newgrange
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Newgrange is a prehistoric monument in County Meath in Ireland, placed on a rise overlooking the River Boyne, eight kilometres west of the town of Drogheda. It is an exceptionally grand passage tomb b
Maeshowe
…aligned so that sunlight enters the passage at the winter solstice and reaches the rear wall of the central chamber. A similar solar effect occurs at Newgrange, another Neolithic passage tomb where midwinter sunlight illuminates the interior. The entrance passage is about 11 metres (36 ft) long and leads to a…
The monument in 2016
The entrance passage and entrance stone (the grey paving path is built for visitor access)
Megalithic art on the back kerbstone
The revetment and kerbstones