Taversoe Tuick

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Taversoe Tuick is a Neolithic chambered cairn on the island of Rousay in Orkney, Scotland, notable for its rare two-level burial chambers.

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Taversoe Tuick canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neolithic chambered cairn
scheduled monument
access publicly accessible
architecturalStyle Orkney–Cromarty chambered cairn type
category prehistoric monument in Orkney
contains Neolithic pottery
animal bone
cremated bone
human remains
stone tools
unburnt bone
country Scotland
discoveredIn 1898
entranceOrientation towards the sea
estimatedConstructionDate 3rd millennium BC
4th millennium BC
excavatedBy William G. Grant
excavationEndDate early 20th century
excavationStartDate 1898
function burial monument
ritual site
hasFeature corbelled roofing
drain or channel feature
entrance passage
lower chamber
side cells
stone-built cairn structure
two-level burial chambers
upper chamber
hasSignificance important for study of Neolithic funerary practices in Orkney
rare example of two-storey chambered cairn
hasViewOf Eynhallow Sound
mainland Orkney
linked to: Orkney Mainland
heritageDesignation Scheduled Ancient Monument
linked to: Scheduled Monument
locatedNear Eynhallow Sound
Trumland House
locatedOn hill slope above the shore
location Orkney
linked to: Orkney Islands

Scotland
island of Rousay
maintainedAs visitor site
managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
material local stone
partOf Orkney Islands
Rousay archaeological landscape
period Neolithic
roofType corbelled stone roof
tourismType archaeological tourism site

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Rousay hasSite Taversoe Tuick