Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 453
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE)·Orcadian Neolithic·🇬🇧 Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom
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About Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 453
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 453 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
Why it mattersKey Orcadian Neolithic megalithic.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology
Theories
- 01Ritual model
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. 2481 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE)
- Culture
- Orcadian Neolithic
- Purpose
- Settlement
- Rediscovered
- 1901
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE)
Initial construction
On the ground
Structures & features
59.0545° N · 3.0571° W · 1074 m · 3 mapped features
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 453 — Principal Feature
structureKnowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 453 at Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 453
59.0548° N · 3.0573° WKnowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 453 — Ancillary Complex
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59.0526° N · 3.0559° WKnowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 453 — Outlier Feature
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59.0544° N · 3.0561° W