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Knowe of
Yarso chambered cairn is a
Neolithic burial monument located on the
island of
Rousay in Orkney, Scotland. The site was
excavated in the 1930s...
- Orkney: A
Historical Guide. Edinburgh. Birlinn. p. 48 "Rousay,
Knowe of
Yarso". Canmore.
Retrieved 20 July 2012. Wickham-Jones,
Caroline (2007) Orkney:...
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Chambered Cairn.
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn,
Taversoe Tuick, and
Knowe of
Yarso chambered cairn are
important tombs.
Rousay placenames reflect its Norse...
- Scotland.
Retrieved 21 July 2012. Wickham-Jones (2007) p. 48 "Rousay,
Knowe of
Yarso". Canmore.
Retrieved 20 July 2012. Wickham-Jones (2007) pp. 56-57 Wickham-Jones...
- 17th-century Renaissance-style
palace of Earl of
Orkney SM90194
Knowe of
Yarso Chambered Cairn Rousay Neolithic chambered burial cairn c.2900 BC SM90198...
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Probably the
oldest standing stone houses in north-west
Europe Knowe of
Yarso Chambered Cairn An oval
cairn with
concentric walls enclosing a Neolithic...
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Eagles at
Isbister on
South Ronaldsay, and
Taversoe Tuick and
Knowe of
Yarso on Rousay.
Midhowe is
distinguished from
other tombs of its type by having...
- top of the hill, and
built during the same time period, is the
Knowe of
Yarso chambered cairn. The
oblong tomb
measures 22.5 m (74 ft) by 8.9 m (29 ft)...
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There are
other substantial tombs at Blackhammer,
Taversoe Tuick, and
Yarso.
Enlargement and
elaboration of
burial cairns as the
Neolithic progressed...
