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Maes Howe tomb
is near the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar on the Orkney
Mainland. This superb structure dates to somewhere around 3000BC. The
mound is 7.3 meters high and 35 meters in diameter. A ditch and low bank
surrounds it. The long, low entrance passage leads to the main chamber
which is about 4.5 meters square and would have been about 4.5 meters in
height; however the roof collapsed after being entered by Norsemen in the
12th century. These raiders left runic graffiti over much of the main
chamber stones. There are three subsidiary chambers in the walls of the
main chamber. At mid winter, the setting sun shines down the passage and
shines on the back wall of the tomb. |
