Detail of Norse Dragon (The Lion) carving in Maes Howe.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Maes Howe, taken from the ESE.
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Oblique aerial view with Maes Howe in the foreground looking towards the Loch of Harray with the Ring of Brodgar beyond, taken from the NE.
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General view of cairn from south west.
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General view of cairn from south.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Excavation photograph: Ditch section
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Excavation photograph: Containing wall that surrounds north east side of chamber.
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Interior of cairn; runes.
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Interior of cairn; runes - detail (LHS)
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Interior of cairn; runes - detail (centre)
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Interior of cairn; runes - detail (LHS)
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Interior of cairn; runes - on south wall, above cell.
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Interior of cairn; runes on south wall immediately right of cell.
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Interior of cairn; runes - detail (LHS)
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Draft Plan, pencil RCAHMS
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Maes Howe
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maes Howe Orkney Details
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Maes Howe Stennes Orkney General views
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Interior views C.H 11.9.91 Duplicates in file
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Maes Howe Interior views C.H 11.9.91 Duplicates in file
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Maes Howe, HY31SW 1, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Interior of cairn; north west angle.
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Interior of cairn; detail of runic inscription.
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Publication drawing; plan of Maes Howe chambered cairn. Photographic copy.
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Maes Howe, interior of chamber.
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General oblique aerial view of the Loch of Stenness with Maes Howe in the foreground and Hoy in the distance, taken from the NE.
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General view of cairn from north west.
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Interior of cairn; north west angle.
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Interior of cairn; detail of runic inscription.
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Interior of cairn; detail of runic inscription.
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Oblique aerial view of Maeshowe Chambered Cairn, looking SSW.
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Oblique aerial view of Maeshowe Chambered Cairn, looking S.
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Maes Howe chambered cairn.
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Maes Howe chambered cairn.
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General view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Excavation photograph: View of excavations from cairn mound.
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Excavation photograph: Trenches on north east side of cairn.
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Excavation photograph: Containing wall that surrounds south east side of chamber.
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Excavation photograph: Wall A under excavation.
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Excavation photograph: Detail of wall.
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Excavation photograph: Containing wall that surrounds north east side of chamber.
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Excavation photograph: Ditch and bank.
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Interior view of passage.
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Interior of cairn; runes - on R.H. side of entrance to north cell.
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Interior of cairn; runes - on north-west buttress.
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Interior of cairn; runes - on north-west buttress.
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Interior of cairn; runes - detail (RHS)
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Maes Howe
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Maes Howe
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maes Howe Orkney Details
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maes Howe Orkney Details
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maes Howe Orkney Details
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maes Howe Orkney Details
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maes Howe Orkney Details
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Runic Inscriptions & Graffiti
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Maes Howe Interior views C.H 11.9.91 Duplicates in file
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Maes Howe Interior views C.H 11.9.91 Duplicates in file
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Maes Howe, HY31SW 1, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, Recto
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Maes Howe, HY31SW 1, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Maes Howe, HY31SW 1, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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General view of cairn from south west.
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Interior of cairn; detail of runic inscription.
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View of cairn from south west.
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Oblique aerial view of Maes Howe.
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Drawing showing general view of Maes Howe.
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Oblique aerial view with Maes Howe in the foreground looking towards the Loch of Harray with the Ring of Brodgar beyond, taken from the NE.
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Oblique aerial view of Maeshowe Chambered Cairn, looking NE.
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Oblique aerial view of Maeshowe Chambered Cairn, looking NNE.
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Section through N cell, chamber and passage of Maes Howe looking SE; sections through chamber and side cells looking SW and NE; section through N passage, chamber and N cell looking NW; ground plan of chamber and passage, all with annotations and measurements. Drawn by H Dryden in 1866, using own bearings and some measurements, together with measurements taken by G Petrie in 1861.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Excavation photograph: Trenches on north east side of cairn.
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Excavation photograph: View of trench.
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Excavation photograph: Ditch and bank.
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Excavation photograph: Ditch and bank.
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Excavation photograph: Section of mound.
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Excavation photograph: Containing wall that surrounds south east side of chamber.
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Excavation photograph: Containing wall that surrounds south east side of chamber.
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Interior of cairn; view of wall and cell.
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Interior of cairn; runes - adjacent to XIX.
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Interior of cairn; runes - detail (centre)
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Details
Organisation: Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
Alternative name(s): Maeshowe
Canmore ID: 2094
Site type: Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Rune Inscribed Stone(s) (norse)
County: Orkney
Parish: Stenness
Council: Orkney Islands