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Verified orkney cromarties in United Kingdom · Mysteria

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Eynhallow Chambered Cairn — Eynhallow Island

Late Neolithic (c.3200–2800 BCE, Norse reuse 12th c. CE) · Orcadian Neolithic (Grooved Ware) + Norse

Eynhallow chambered cairn (Maeshowe-type, c.3200–2800 BCE) is a 17-m Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn on the uninhabited tidal island of Eynhallow in Eynhallow Sound, built of flagstone slabs with three…