Maeshowe Chambered Cairn

Maeshowe Visitor Centre (at Stenness), Ireland Road, Stenness KW16 3LB

01856 851 266
 

Getting here

Maeshowe Visitor Centre at Stenness
Ireland Road
Stenness
KW16 3LB
National Grid reference: HY 30268 11314
Telephone: 01856 851 266
View Maeshowe Visitor Centre on a Google map (visitors are taken from shuttle bus from the visitor centre to the chambered cairn)

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Opening times

1 Apr to 30 Sept:  
Daily, 10am to 5pm
Tour times: 10am, 12 noon, 2pm and 4pm

1 Oct to 31 Mar:
Daily, 10am to 4pm
Tour times: 10am, 11am, 1pm and 2pm

Due to limited capacity, it is strongly recommended to reserve your visit online to guarantee entry and avoid disappointment.

Access to the cairn is via a low and long passageway.

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Facilities

Four of the standing stones at Stenness in the evening

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Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge
Seven tall standing stones, part of the Ring of Brodgar

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Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge
A grassy cairn with an open entrance, surrounded by a fence

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Unstan Chambered Cairn
The grass covered foundations of a medieval building

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Earl's Bu and Church, Orphir
A brick wall chamber inside the cairn with two openings in its walls

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Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
A small grass-covered house built over a small stream

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Click Mill
A general view of the prehistoric village at Skara Brae.

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Skara Brae
A very large block of sandstone into which a Neolithic burial chamber has been cut

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Dwarfie Stane
Four of the standing stones at Stenness in the evening

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Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge
Seven tall standing stones, part of the Ring of Brodgar

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Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge
A grassy cairn with an open entrance, surrounded by a fence

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Unstan Chambered Cairn
A brick wall chamber inside the cairn with two openings in its walls

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Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
A very large block of sandstone into which a Neolithic burial chamber has been cut

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Dwarfie Stane
A three layered stone cairn, covered by grass

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Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn
Two thick stone walls with smaller stone slabs standing in between them

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Midhowe Chambered Cairn
The underground remains of a stone cairn covered by a modern ceiling

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Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn

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