Maes Howe
United Kingdom · dolmen · 58°59'47.8"N 3°11'17.5"W
Maes Howe is a dolmen in United Kingdom, Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. Pyramason catalogues it as PYR-036337 at 58.99660, -3.18820 (58°59'47.8"N 3°11'17.5"W).
Recorded heritage designations: scheduled monument, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
There are 17 other catalogued sites within 5 km of it, 74 within 25 km and 135 within 50 km. That density is itself the finding: this is not an isolated monument but part of a worked landscape.
Open on the mapThe record
| Pyramason ID | PYR-036337 |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Classified as | dolmen |
| Coordinates | 58.99660, -3.18820 |
| 58°59'47.8"N 3°11'17.5"W | |
| Sites within 25 km | 74 |
| Sites within 50 km | 135 |
What is around it
- Heart of Neolithic Orkney0.1 km
- Maeshowe0.2 km
- Barnhouse Stone, standing stone0.8 km
- Barnhouse Settlement1.1 km
- Stones of Stenness1.2 km
- Ness of Brodgar1.6 km
- Comet Stone2.3 km
- Fresh Knowe2.3 km
- Ring of Brodgar2.4 km
- Staney Hill, enclosure 95m S of Henges2.9 km
Updates from the atlas
Further reading
English Wikipedia · Wikidata Q507076
Nearby on the atlas
- Stones of Stenness1.2 km
- Ring of Brodgar2.4 km
- All catalogued pages in United Kingdomcountry hub
Distances are great-circle, from the coordinates Pyramason holds for each site.