Inside Unstan Chambered Cairn

A Neolithic day

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June 8th 2017
08 June 2018 A Neolithic day! We said our goodbyes to Everard and Eileen after a very pleasant stay and spent the day visiting five sites on mainland Orkney all of which are about 5,000 years old and located surprisingly close to each other. We started with a guided trip to Maeshowe, a large and well preserved burial chamber constructed of large slabs of sandstone and surrounded by ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more