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	Maeshowe, Orkney's finest chambered cairn
		Maeshowe is clearly visible, appearing as a grassy mound, from the nearby Standing Stones o' Stenness, the Barnhouse Settlement and the Watchstone.
		Maeshowe was built in the Neolithic period, raised on a platform of levelled ground, which was, like the nearby stone circles of Brodgar and Stenness, surrounded by a ditch and raised bank.
		Maeshowe comprises a large central chamber, with three side chambers built into the walls, which is accessed by a low, long entrance passage.
	www.orkneyjar.com /history/maeshowe/index.html (825 words)

	Maeshowe and the Winter Solstice
		Perhaps the best-known attribute of Maeshowe is its world-famous midwinter alignment.
		Although the common conception is that Maeshowe's alignment is connected specifically to the day of the winter solstice, the truth of the matter is that the cairn is illuminated for a number of weeks on either side of the shortest day.
		At first this alignment was thought to be purely coincidental but later excavations around Maeshowe uncovered a socket at the tomb's entrance that appears to have at one time housed another monolith similar to the one at Barnhouse.
	www.orkneyjar.com /history/maeshowe/solstice.htm (1257 words)

	Maeshowe
		The prehistoric chambered tomb known as Maeshowe stands in the parish of Stenness on the Orkney mainland.
		Although there is no doubt that Maeshowe was a burial chamber, when the tomb was originally excavated, the side chambers were found to contain only a fragment of a human skull and some horse bones.
		Maeshowe shares a trait with the ancient passage tomb of Newgrange in County Meath, Ireland.
	www.orkney.org /tradition/maesh.htm (340 words)

	Maeshowe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maeshowe (or Maes Howe) is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland.
		The monuments around Maeshowe, including Skara Brae, were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.
		It gives its name to the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, which bears no similarities to any other known chambered cairn design, either in Orkney or elsewhere.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maeshowe (255 words)

	Maeshowe, a spectacular neolithic chambered cairn in Orkney
		Maeshowe (HY315128), considered to be one of the finest architectural achievements of prehistoric Europe, is across the road from Tormiston Mill (HY319126).
		Maeshowe was built on a levelled area of ground with a surrounding bank and ditch, peat from the bottom of which has been dated at 2750 BC, which makes it contemporary with the Ring of Brodgar, The Standing Stones of Stenness and Skara Brae.
		The Vikings entered the mound during the 12th century and have left one of the largest collections of runes anywhere, as well as carvings of a dragon, a serpent and a walrus.
	www.maeshowe.co.uk /maeshoweabout.html (526 words)

	Our Past History.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Maeshowe is the finest chambered tomb in Northwest Europe.
		It is likely therefore that the builders of Maeshowe used grooved ware and so the tomb is, however indirectly, linked with many of the other great ceremonial monuments of late Neolithic Britain.
		Those who built Maeshowe 5000 years ago were well aware of the seasonal movements of the sun.
	www.ourpasthistory.com /prehistoric/maes_howe.htm (1007 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Dinosaurs and prehistoric life - Maeshowe winter solstice as viewed by Neolithic man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Maeshowe is one of the largest burial mounds of Neolithic Europe.
		The earliest remains at Maeshowe comprise a structure, perhaps a small ceremonial centre, about 5,000 years old, which was subsequently levelled and covered with clay to create a circular platform, surrounded by a ditch and bank, and known today as a henge.
		Maeshowe lies at the heart of a number of ceremonial settings, all built and used in Neolithic Orkney.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=189&id=2407232005 (1138 words)

	Maeshowe - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		MAESHOWE [Maeshowe] or Maes Howe, prehistoric monument, on Pomona in the Orkney Islands, off N Scotland, near Stenness.
		A passage grave with a corbeled vault, it measures 115 ft (35 m) in diameter and 23 ft (7 m) high.
		Maeshowe and the winter solstice: ceremonial aspects of the Orkney Grooved Ware culture.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Maeshowe.asp (322 words)

	Maeshowe and the Megalithic Clock: lighting up the shortest day \| Hogmanay.net
		Maeshowe in Northeast Orkney (captured here by one of the three web cams) is one of the largest and best-preserved prehistoric monuments in Scotland.
		A chambered cairn shaped like a blunted cone it measures 300 feet (91 m) in circumference, and was encircled by a moat about 90 feet (27 m) from its base.
		The cairn is probably the same age as the famous nearby standing stones of the Ring of Brodgar.
	www.hogmanay.net /events/orkney/maeshowe (482 words)

	Hackles Guestbook
		Maeshowe is home to the largest collection of runic inscriptions in the world carved by Norwegians Icelanders and Orcadians between the 9th and 12th Centuries.
		Maeshowe consists of a long entrance passageway (one of the "Stones" weighs an estimated 30 tons) a main chamber with four "Stone" pillars and three side chambers.
		Maeshowe is famous for its alignment to the midwinter setting Sun however the Sun enters Maeshowe up to 20 days before and after midwinter.
	hackles.org /cgi-bin/guestbook.pl?req=view&showfrom=411 (593 words)

	Maes Howe chambered cairn, Orkney - Stones of Wonder
		Maeshowe was broken into from the top by a party of Vikings in the 12th century, and they left over twenty sets of runic inscriptions carved on the walls of the chamber to record their exploits, as well as a carved lion and a serpent.
		Maeshowe has not been dated directly, but by association with the stone circle at Stenness nearby, and with the well known settlement site of Skara Brae on the west coast it is thought to have been erected about 3000BC.
		This stone may have been used by the builders of Maeshowe to block the front of the passage.
	www.stonesofwonder.com /maeshowe.htm (684 words)

	Scotsman.com Living - Long shots on the shortest day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He thinks Maeshowe was the focal point of what appears to have been a religious elite.
		"Maeshowe is so sophisticated and architecturally important that it had to have been constructed for people of significance.
		I found a standing stone socket in a hollow behind Maeshowe and I think it is possible that stones from a circle that was there were used for the tomb.
	living.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1392952003 (1185 words)

	Stone Litany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The stones are those of Maeshowe, a prehistoric burial chamber of sophisticated masonry on the 'mainland' of Orkney.
		Between the Second Fantasia on John Taverner's In Nomine (1964), which is a symphony in all but name, and the actual Symphony No. 1 (1976), Maxwell Davies wrote a series of one-movement orchestral works in which he focused on individual aspects of symphonic discourse.
		Maeshowe, on the mainland of Orkney, is one of Britain's greatest prehistoric monuments, variously described as a temple or a tomb; but according to recent theories it was probably an observatory and sun-temple combined (see particularly Magnus Spence in The Scottish Review of 1893).
	www.maxopus.com /works/stonelit.htm (1783 words)

	Geniet: News of Megalithic cam-page Maeshowe
		Reappearance of the sun light happened in the Maeshowe chamber today!!!I have made an animated picture of this.It could have been today the second day of reappearance (due to the long sun light at the reappearance [4 min]), yesterday was perhaps not visible due to clouds.
		Furthermore a married couple (just 3 hours married) renewed their vows in Maeshowe, which was broadcasted on the Internet.
		The reappearing of the sun at Maeshowe, as predicted, has been witnessed and video taped (the same phenomena will not only take place at Maeshowe, but also at more places around Maeshowe), talks with Orkney Tourist Board on next years activities and again a very good cooperation with lots of people on Orkney.
	www.iol.ie /~geniet/maeshowe/eng/news.htm (1769 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2005700179
		Barnhouse and Maeshowe: the structure of this report 4 Chapter 2 The Neolithic Settlement of Orkney 7 COLIN RICHARDS 2.1.
		Maeshowe, the monument 247 Chapter 10 The Anatomy of a Megalithic Landscape 249 DUNCAN GARROW, JOHN RAVEN & COLIN RICHARDS 10.1.
		Maeshowe 344 Appendix A: The pollen remains from Barnhouse (by J. Birnie) 357 Chapter 17 The Wood Charcoal Assemblage 359 CAROLINE R. Introduction: method and theory 359 17.2.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/fy0604/2005700179.html (718 words)

	Some wee articles from Canada
		Covered by a thick layer of turf and grass the excellent dry stone structure is one of the major monuments of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as The Heart of Neolithic Orkney.
		Thorhall was the captain of the Norwegian longship that brought back the Earl Rongvald from Bergen to Orkney on his return from the crusade.
		It took Haakon two days to bring all the treasure out of the grave and to hide it in another place a bit north of the tomb – lucky will be the man who will find the treasure.
	www.electricscotland.com /History/articles/maeshowe.htm (514 words)

	News
		Construction works are taking place at Tormiston Mill in January to improve the car parking and road crossing facilities for visitors to the historic watermill and Maeshowe, the Neolithic tomb 9 miles west of Kirkwall.
		During this time access to the Maeshowe tourist attraction will be limited to one group visit per day.
		Maeshowe and Tormiston Mill attract thousands of visitors every year and these improvements will be in place before the start of the main tourist season.”
	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk /index/news/news-full-article.htm?articleid=13946 (259 words)

	RPG Archive: Role Playing Community Site and Online Adventure Database
		The children are Guillery's grandsons, Ancini and Villafane whom are unknowingly being held alive in Maeshowe's Tomb.
		Maeshowe's pony was buried here, but over the years and recent kobold activity its bones are scattered about.
		Maeshowe died nearly 3 generations ago, so the chances of the stronghold being forgotten are strong.
	www.rpgarchive.com /index.php?page=adv1&advid=788 (5011 words)

	Maeshowe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of the great architectural feats of prehistoric Europe, Maeshowe is a large mound containing an entrance passage and burial chambers, built with fine stone slabs.
		Only gold or silver would have been considered treasure by Vikings, and the possibility of its being interred with the original burials is remote.
		Current opinion is that Maeshowe was used for the burial of a Viking chief in the early Norse occupation of Orkney, and it was his trove that was stolen three centuries later.
	www.oat.org.uk /maeshowe.html (140 words)

	MAESHOWE , Orkney Photographs, Photography pictures by stock photographer Doug Houghton
		067644 MAESHOWE - - Neolithic burial mound tomb and Loch of Stenness MAESHOWE ORKNEY
		067643 MAESHOWE - - Neolithic burial tomb and Loch of Stenness MAESHOWE ORKNEY
		066548 MAESHOWE - - Neolithic chamber burial mound and Loch of Harray MAESHOWE ORKNEY
	www.orkneypics.com /webpage/page/page057.html (549 words)

	Eastern Stars Guestbook Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Maeshowe is aligned to The Ring of Brodgar and the Beltane fire festival (fires were still lit on the tops of the hills of Orkney until recently) and one hundred and eighty degrees away (opposite) is one of the oldest dates on the calendar Halloween (sometimes referred to as devilment night).
		The Barnhouse "Stone" to Maeshowe = 42 chains as is the Barnhouse "Stone" 42 chains from the Watch"Stone" a multiple of three to two also there were seven known planets to the ancients measurements used are dividable by seven.
		Maeshowe was an exceptional cairn it is aligned to midwinter.
	www.aquarianage.org /china/guests/guest-03.html (5372 words)

	The Orcadian Online Archive - Trip round the West Mainland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		From here it followed as a matter of course, that a visit had to be paid to Maeshowe, which is pre-eminently the most noteworthy chambered mound of antiquity in Great Britain and Ireland, with its Norse runes chiselled on the smooth massive blocks which form its walls, buttresses and passages.
		As several of the company were making their first visit to Maeshowe, Mr Flett had so much to explain and so many questions to answer that 5 p.m.
		The straight line thus formed, points in a south-west direction to the point where the sun sets a few days before the winter solstice, whilst the same alignment in the opposite directions points to where the sun rises on midsummer morning.
	www.orcadian.co.uk /fromfiles/paststories/1952/triproundwm.htm (1040 words)

	NewStandard: 9/30/97
		Britons have been celebrating Halloween and Candlemas for more than 5,000 years, according to archaeological research at the giant chambered cairn of Maeshowe in Orkney, the islands off the north east of Scotland.
		Maeshowe is the finest megalithic burial chamber in Britain.
		The setting mid-winter sun would have shone down this shaft when Maeshowe was built in 2750 BC, though alterations in the Earth's orbit have since spoiled this alignment.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/09-97/09-30-97/b10li075.htm (591 words)

	Am Baile - Interior View of Maeshowe
		Maeshowe is a Neolithic burial chamber on the Orkney mainland.
		Maeshowe fell into disuse but was reopened in the 12th century by Vikings.
		The evidence of their visit can be seen in the runic graffiti carved on the walls.
	www.ambaile.org.uk /en/item/item_illustration.jsp?item_id=18131 (282 words)

	Orkney Islands
		The West Mainland of Orkney with the Ring of Brodgar, Skara Brae, Maeshowe and the Standing Stones of Stenness, has recently been designated as a World Heritage Site.
		It is believed that the ring was erected sometime during the 3rd millennium BC.
		Maeshowe is the finest megalithic tomb in the British Isles, with a large mound covering a stone-built passage and a large burial chamber with cells in the walls.
	creative-dream.com /Trip2001/orkney_islands.htm (413 words)

	Maeshowe (Maes Howe/Mese-how/Mesow/Mey's Howe) (Chambered Tomb) \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Maeshowe (Maes ...
		Maeshowe (Maes Howe/Mese-how/Mesow/Mey's Howe) (Chambered Tomb) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK and Ireland's most popular megalithic community website.
		The first chapter, Darkness and Light, is about her visit to Maeshowe for the winter solstice.
		Maeshowe is also mentioned in one of the Viking sagas from the same period - the Orkneyinga Saga (this version in penguin translated by Hermann Palsson and Paul Edward):
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/379 (1962 words)

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		Maeshowe (MoW nameplate) is as referred to by the above references.
		The size of the upright would have been comparable to the stones composing the Stones of Stenness and from the position of the Maeshowe stone it is quite possible that it was also part of a stone circle which would have surrounded the tomb.
		Built on a levelled circular platform, encircled by a low bank composed of earth scraped up from a shallow ditch on its inner side; the mound itself, 25m in diameter and 7m high, consists largely of clay and stones with an inner core of stones casing and supporting the chamber.
	lmid1.rcahms.gov.uk:7777 /pls/portal/newcanmore.details_gis?inumlink=2094 (1616 words)

	Tourists declared "no threat" to Maeshowe :: Paganality.com :: (yes, it's magik :) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Increasing visitor numbers is not having a detrimental effect on one of Orkney's (Scotland) top visitor attractions, according to initial findings.
		State-of-the-art technology was brought in by Historic Scotland scientists concerned for the future of Maeshowe and Skara Brae.
		Interim results for Maeshowe has suggested that visitor numbers are not a problem, Steve Watt, district architect with Historic Scotland explained.
	www.paganality.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4995 (317 words)

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