• Maes Howe is a masterpiece of Neolithic engineering. It is an exceptionally early architectural accomplishment.
  • Maes Howe. Cross Sections. The burial chamber is cruciform (4.7 x 4.7 metres), reminiscent of the layout of some of the houses at Barnhouse.
  • The largest passage-mound in Scotland and one of the finest in Europe, Maes Howe is a small but particularly elegantly designed structure.
  • Nearest Holiday Cottages to Maes Howe: Nearby accommodation is calculated 'as the crow flies' from Maes Howe Chambered Cairn.
  • For many years Historic Scotland (as HES was then known) called the site Maes Howe, which infuriated local folk.
  • ...cairn on a large platform, and a large surrounding flat-bottomed ditch, an outer turf bank and associated and earlier remains, all known collectively as Maes Howe.
  • Maes Howe is on Mainland of the main island of Orkney, about ten kilometers west of the capital of Kirkwall, midway between the Loch of Harray (lake)...
  • Maes Howe. Part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, this fascinating chambered tomb predates the Egyptian pyramids.
  • Maes Howe is yet another Neolithic site and this one is by far the most spectacular and impressive.
  • About Maes Howe. Maeshowe is a large Neolithic chambered cairn, dating from between 3000-2800 BCE, in the Stenness parish of Orkney, Scotland.
  • Less than a mile northeast of the Stones of Stenness is Maes Howe, the finest Neolithic burial chamber in Europe.
  • We visit the ancient sites of the Ring of Brodgar, the Standing Stones of Stenness and Maes Howe in Orkney with local historian Sarah Jane Grieve.