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Alternative name | Taversoe Tuick |
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Location | Orkney |
Coordinates | 59°07′52″N 3°00′18″W / 59.131°N 3.005°W |
Type | Chambered cairn |
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Periods | Neolithic |
Taversöe Tuick (or Taversoe Tuick) is a Neolithic burial cairn on Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, thought to date from between 4000 and 2500 BCE. [1] The monument includes a rare example of a double-tiered chamber, [1] an upper chamber approached via a passageway and a lower subterranean chamber, originally separate, which can now be reached via a modern ladder from the upper chamber. [2] [3] It is unknown why the chambers were stacked in this way. [3] The monument includes a third miniature chamber slightly downhill of the lower chamber, and linked to it by a small channel which has sometimes been called a 'drain' although that is not believed to be its true purpose. [4]
In 1898 excavations uncovered part of the upper chamber, and access was gained to the intact lower chamber. [4] The site was fully excavated in 1937, at which time the upper chamber was covered with a domed roof. [4] Finds included several skeletons, cremated bone, bowls, a mace-head, a flint arrowhead and scrapers, and shale disc beads. [4]
The site is a scheduled monument in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, [2] and the monument and chambers are open to the public. [3]
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Alternative name | Taversoe Tuick |
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Location | Orkney |
Coordinates | 59°07′52″N 3°00′18″W / 59.131°N 3.005°W |
Type | Chambered cairn |
History | |
Periods | Neolithic |
Taversöe Tuick (or Taversoe Tuick) is a Neolithic burial cairn on Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, thought to date from between 4000 and 2500 BCE. [1] The monument includes a rare example of a double-tiered chamber, [1] an upper chamber approached via a passageway and a lower subterranean chamber, originally separate, which can now be reached via a modern ladder from the upper chamber. [2] [3] It is unknown why the chambers were stacked in this way. [3] The monument includes a third miniature chamber slightly downhill of the lower chamber, and linked to it by a small channel which has sometimes been called a 'drain' although that is not believed to be its true purpose. [4]
In 1898 excavations uncovered part of the upper chamber, and access was gained to the intact lower chamber. [4] The site was fully excavated in 1937, at which time the upper chamber was covered with a domed roof. [4] Finds included several skeletons, cremated bone, bowls, a mace-head, a flint arrowhead and scrapers, and shale disc beads. [4]
The site is a scheduled monument in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, [2] and the monument and chambers are open to the public. [3]