Although things might be a little different on your visit, you can still enjoy exploring Taversöe Tuick.
Find out more about this historic place below.
Journey inside
Explore Taversöe Tuick with our short video tour.
Taversöe Tuick is a Neolithic chambered cairn consisting of two separate levels of chamber, which were originally accessed via independent passageways. The lower level is cut into the bedrock of the hillside.
The main cairn contained crouched burials and cremated remains, plus pottery, flint and other stone tools. It was first discovered and partially excavated in 1898 under General Traill-Burroughs, with further works in 1937 by Walter Grant. Shortly afterwards, the structure was covered with a concrete roof.
Explore the history
The lower chamber is divided into four compartments, all fitted with stone shelves. A crouched skeleton was found on one of the shelves, along with bones from at least two others elsewhere in the cairn. In the upper chamber, excavators found the cremated bones of at least one adult and child.
The outer chamber is divided by four upright slabs and is connected to Taversöe Tuick by a small stone channel. No human remains were found here, but three well-preserved pottery vessels were uncovered.
Could this have been for offerings, or perhaps for the living to communicate with the dead?