United Kingdom Neolithic Built: c. 2800 BC UNESCO

Maeshowe Chambered Cairn

Maeshowe Chambered Cairn is a significant historical site in United Kingdom associated with the neolithic period. Its surviving architecture, landscape, or archaeological layers offer important evidence for regional history.

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Maeshowe Chambered Cairn

United Kingdom

Longitude: -3.188

Latitude: 58.996

Historical Significance

The site contributes to comparative study of political power, religion, craftsmanship, and settlement patterns over time. It broadens geographic and thematic coverage across the historical sites collection.

Facts

Fact 1

Dating

Maeshowe Chambered Cairn is commonly dated to c. 2800 BC.

Fact 2

Geographic Coordinates

It is mapped at approximately longitude -3.1880 and latitude 58.9960.

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