Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland in the islands of Orkney / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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58.997117°N 3.107778°W / 58.997117; -3.107778
Location | Mainland, Orkney |
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Coordinates | 58.997117°N 3.107778°W / 58.997117; -3.107778 |
Type | Chambered cairn |
History | |
Periods | Neolithic |
Site notes | |
Ownership | Historic Scotland |
Public access | Yes |
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn (grid reference HY364127) is a Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland, the main island of Orkney, Scotland, about 6 miles west of Kirkwall. It dates to around 3,000 BCE, and is similar in design to Maeshowe, but on a smaller scale. It was constructed by Neolithic farmers as a burial place.
The cairn was excavated in 1901 and the remains of several humans and dogs were found, including skulls. In the 1990s, excavations uncovered the remains of a small Neolithic settlement at Stonehall, at the foot of Cuween Hill, and in 2019 images of a forensic model of one of the dog skulls were published.