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Orkney Smr Note
Event ID 619418
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Orkney Smr Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/619418
This remarkable tomb - an elongated variant of the Maes Howe
type - was excavated in 1849 by Lieu. Thomas. Subsequently it got
into a very dilapidated state, a graphic account of which is given
by Corrie who saw it in 1928, shortly before it was taken into
guardianship and given a concrete domed roof. The interior is
further noteworthy for some markings, including eye-brow motifs,
on the stones. No ancient finds were made in the main or side-
chambers at the time of the original excavation.
[R1 - R7]
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
