Tomb of the Eagles

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The Tomb of the Eagles is a Neolithic chambered cairn and archaeological site in Orkney, Scotland, renowned for its well-preserved human remains and sea eagle talons.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tomb of the Eagles canonical 2
Tomb of the Eagles visitor centre 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neolithic chambered cairn ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith ritual burial practices ⓘ
sea eagle symbolism ⓘ
contains animal bones ⓘ
human remains ⓘ
pottery fragments ⓘ
sea eagle talons ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
discoveredBy Ronald Simison ⓘ
discoveryDate 1958 ⓘ
estimatedConstructionDate circa 3000 BCE ⓘ
excavationStartDate 1970s ⓘ
governingBody Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
hasAccessMethod low entrance crawl ⓘ
wheeled trolley for visitors ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Isbister Chambered Cairn ⓘ
Isbister Tomb ⓘ
linked to: Bosiliack Barrow
hasArchitecturalFeature corbelled roof ⓘ
long entrance passage ⓘ
side chambers ⓘ
stone-built cairn ⓘ
hasNearbySite Bronze Age building at Isbister ⓘ
hasResearchTopic human–animal relationships in prehistory ⓘ
mortuary practices in Neolithic Orkney ⓘ
hasTouristFacility guided tours ⓘ
interpretive displays ⓘ
on-site museum exhibits ⓘ
heritageDesignation Scheduled Monument ⓘ
locatedIn Orkney ⓘ
linked to: Orkney Islands

Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedOn South Ronaldsay ⓘ
managedBy private visitor centre ⓘ
namedAfter white-tailed sea eagle ⓘ
linked to: white-tailed eagle
numberOfHumanRemains over 300 individuals ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
overlooks Bay of Isbister ⓘ
North Sea cliffs ⓘ
partOf Neolithic Orkney archaeological landscape ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ
period Neolithic ⓘ
region Northern Isles ⓘ
usedUntil circa 1600 BCE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

South Ronaldsay → contains → Tomb of the Eagles ⓘ
Isbister Chambered Cairn → hasAlternativeName → Tomb of the Eagles ⓘ
Isbister Chambered Cairn → hasVisitorCentre → Tomb of the Eagles visitor centre ⓘ
linked to: Tomb of the Eagles