What is Maeshowe?
Q: What is Maeshowe?
A: Maeshowe is a burial mound in Orkney, Scotland with underground passage graves that was built during the Neolithic period, about 3000 years ago.
Q: What is the height and diameter of Maeshowe?
A: The mound used to be 11 meters in height, with a diameter of 30 meters.
Q: Who included Maeshowe in the World Heritage Site?
A: Maeshowe was included in the World Heritage Site, Heart of Neolithic Orkney.
Q: Why was the height of Maeshowe reduced?
A: The height of Maeshowe was reduced in 1861 when the mound was dug into by archaeologist James Farrer.
Q: What surrounds Maeshowe?
A: Maeshowe is surrounded by a ditch and a raised bank, and there was a large stone circle around the mound.
Q: What is the structure of the grave in Maeshowe?
A: The grave itself is a long narrow entrance opening into a large chamber with three smaller rooms that open into the main chamber.
Q: When was Maeshowe dug up and by whom?
A: Maeshowe had been dug up in the 12th century by the Vikings, and it has many Norse carvings on the rocks.
