Tomb of the Eagles

Chambered cairn in Scotland

The Tomb of the Eagles, or Isbister Chambered Cairn, is a Neolithic chambered tomb located on a cliff edge at Isbister on South Ronaldsay in Orkney, Scotland. The site was discovered by Ronald Simison, a farmer, when digging flagstones in 1958; he conducted a limited excavation and removed some bones and skulls at that time but filled in the site with dirt. A more extensive excavation was started in 1976, and "an enormous amount of material was removed", according to a report published in 2002. Alerted by Simison, archaeologist John Hedges mounted a full study, prepared a technical report and

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Type:

Chambered cairn

Coordinates:

58.74°N, 2.92°W

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