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Publication Account
Date 1996
Event ID 1016380
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1016380
This is one of two Orcadian tombs remarkable for their double-storey design; the other is Huntersquoy on Eday (HY 562377) of which little can now be seen. In both cases, there is an upper and a lower chamber, each with its own entrancepassage opening 111 diametrically opposed directions and with no access between the two, so that they are in effect two separate tombs although they appear to have been built simultaneously. At Taversoe Tuick it is possible to enter both chambers, and to look into an unusual miniature 'tomb' built at the edge of the platform on which the main tomb stands, close close to the passage leading into the lower chamber. It 'contained three pottery bowls and may have been connected with ritual activities.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Orkney’, (1996).
