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Excavated places tagged “solstice” in United Kingdom · Mysteria

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Excavated places tagged “solstice” in United Kingdom

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Bryn Celli Ddu

Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Irish Sea Passage Tomb tradition

Anglesey passage tomb with 8.4 m passage aligned to midsummer sunrise and decorated spiral stone.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Maeshowe Chambered Cairn

Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware Orcadian

Finest Orkney chambered cairn: 36 m mound, long passage, corbelled chamber. Midwinter sunset illuminates chamber. Bears 12th-century Viking runic inscriptions (>30).