Cairn of Get
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Late Neolithic·Grooved Ware / Orcadian Neolithic·🇬🇧 Orkney, Mainland, United Kingdom
About
About Cairn of Get
Orkney-Cromarty chambered cairn on Rousay flank, excavated by Henshall, with stalled chamber and partition slabs, containing Neolithic human bone and pottery.
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Why it mattersKey Grooved Ware / Orcadian Neolithic megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Astronomical alignment
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Observatory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3200 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic
- Culture
- Grooved Ware / Orcadian Neolithic
- Purpose
- Chambered cairn (Orkney-Cromarty type) — burial and communal ritual
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1958
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Cairn of Get
c. 3200 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Cairn of Get
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Cairn of Get
On the ground
Structures & features
58.9350° N · 3.2450° W · 22 m · 3 mapped features
Cairn of Get — Principal Standing Stone
standing stonestanding stone at Cairn of Get — outlier feature
58.9330° N · 3.2453° WCairn of Get — Northern Chamber
chamberchamber at Cairn of Get — subsidiary complex
58.9354° N · 3.2438° WCairn of Get — Southern Cairn
cairncairn at Cairn of Get — subsidiary complex
58.9346° N · 3.2448° W