Runes, Tomb, Maeshowe chambered cairn, Stenness, Mainland
Runic inscriptions of 2 different types, made by Norsemen in the 12th century ('The man who is most skilled in runes west of the ocean carved these runes with the axe which Gauk Trandilsson owned in the south of Iceland'), on the south east wall of the main chamber of the tomb at Maeshowe, a Neolithic chambered cairn containing a monumental tomb, built c. 2800 BC, near Stenness on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14149831
Media ID
46168307
Size
7677px x 6403px
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Credit
Photographer
Source
Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
