Tracing of dragon engraving, probably from photograph. Mounted on card and filed in photograph boxes.
SC 335991
Description Tracing of dragon engraving, probably from photograph. Mounted on card and filed in photograph boxes.
Catalogue Number SC 335991
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ORD 92/26
Scope and Content Chambered cairn known as Maes Howe, Orkney Maes Howe is one of the most impressive chambered cairns in Scotland and indeed Europe. It clearly shows the skills of the Neolithic stone masons. The cairn was opened in 1861, but was found to be empty for it had been entered by Norsemen. This is a drawing of a carved dragon which shows a lot of the carving's detail. It is one of three animals finely carved on the NE buttress in the main chamber. This symbol has also been called a lion. It is Scandinavian in style. The site was entered by James Farrer in 1861, but he only found some fragments of human skull. However, others had been there before him and the site is known as Orkhaugr in the Orkneyinga Saga. The site was reused for a 9th century Viking burial. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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