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Cuween Hill

Near Finstown, Orkney

A tomb where the skulls of 24 dogs lay on the floor.

Cuween Hill is a chambered cairn like a smaller Maeshowe. Inside were the remains of at least eight people, mostly skulls, and the skulls of 24 dogs.

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When
c. 3000 BC
Where
58.9820, -3.0700
Group
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Visiting

Free. A short climb from the road; bring a torch.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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