Looking east from the eastern slope of Cuween Hill is a
chambered tomb, sometimes known as the Fairy Knowe.
Looking east from the eastern slope of Cuween Hill is a
chambered tomb, sometimes known as the Fairy Knowe.
Pictured is the interior of the main cell showing entrances into small side-cells set into the walls.
When the tomb was excavated in 1901, by M.M.Charleson, seven human skulls and twenty-four dog skulls were found within the main chamber and the side chambers. There has been some speculation that the dog was a tribal totem (as with red deer at Holm of Papa Westray North and eagles at Isbister).
To the map of Orkney.