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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Label Occurrences
Taversoe Tuick canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rousay → hasSite → Taversoe Tuick ⓘ