1997/06/01 by Euan W. MacKie · 3 citations
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Historical and Architectural Studies #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Historical Astronomy and Related Studies
paper · doi:10.1017/s0003598x00084969
openalex publication_date 1997/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/08
A generation ago, enquiries into the astronomical and mathematical knowledge of the standing stone-erectors of prehistoric Britain dealt largely with statistical patterns. Since then, the great passage grave at Newgrange, eastern Ireland, has proved to be engineered to address the midwinter sunrise. It is time once more to look at another great chamber tomb, Maeshowe in northernmost Scotland, with these concerns in mind.