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ID: 6003609
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6003609
Record Type:
administrative
Maes Howe (ruins)
Note:
Important ancient burial mound; name means "greatest mound"; comprises underground passage leading to open burial cells topped by single stones weighing up to 3 tons each; has runic carvings by both Norsemen and Crusaders.
Names:
Maes Howe
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
LC
,
O
)
Maeshowe
(
C
,
V
)
Maeshowe Tumulus
(
C
,
V
)
Maidens' Mount
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
Scotland
(country) (
P
)
................
Orkney
(unitary authority) (
P
)
....................
Maes Howe
(ruins) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
Scotland
(country) (
P
)
................
Orkney
(unitary authority) (
P
)
....................
Mainland
(island) (
P
)
........................
Maes Howe
(ruins) (
P
)
Place Types:
ruins (
preferred
,
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
megalithic site (
C
)
burial site (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Maes Howe..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
Blue Guide: Scotland (1980)
408-409
....................
LC Subject Authority Headings. [online] (2002-)
SAFL96005052, accessed 30 March 2009
....................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
349
Maeshowe..........
[
VP
]
.................
LC Subject Authority Headings. [online] (2002-)
accessed 30 March 2009
Maeshowe Tumulus..........
[
VP
]
.............................
LC Subject Authority Headings. [online] (2002-)
accessed 30 March 2009
Maidens' Mount..........
[
VP
]
.............................
LC Subject Authority Headings. [online] (2002-)
accessed 30 March 2009
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Blue Guide: Scotland (1980)
408-409
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
349
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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