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- Dwarfie_Stane abstract "The Dwarfie Stane is a megalithic chambered tomb carved out of a titanic block of Devonian Old Red Sandstone located in a steep-sided glaciated valley between the settlements of Quoys and Rackwick on Hoy, an island in Orkney, Scotland. The stone is a glacial erratic located in desolate peatland.The attribution as a tomb was originally based on its resemblance to recognized tombs in southern Europe. The Dwarfie Stane is the only chambered tomb in Orkney that is cut from stone rather than built from stones and may be the only example of a Neolithic rock-cut tomb in Britain. However, despite its unique construction, its plan is consistent with the so-called Orkney-Cromarty class of chambered tomb found throughout Orkney. Some authors have referred to this type of tomb as Bookan-class, after a chambered cairn in Mainland, although there's some disagreement as to the relationship between the two tomb types.A stone slab originally blocked the entrance to the tomb on its west side, but now lies on the ground in front of it. It is unique in northern Europe, bearing similarity to Neolithic or Bronze Age tombs around the Mediterranean. R. Castleden refers to the Dwarfie Stane as representing "the imported idea of the rock-cut tomb" that was "tried once and found to be unsatisfactory", perhaps due to the hardness of the Old Red Sandstone. There is no direct evidence, however, of any link to the builders of the Mediterranean rock-cut tombs. The stone is 8.6 metres (28 ft) long, by 4 metres (13 ft) wide and up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) high. The entrance is a 1 metre (3.3 ft) square cut out of the west side of the rock. Inside the tomb is a passage 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) long and two side cells measuring 1.7 metres (5.6 ft) by 1 metre (3.3 ft). Both the passage and the side cells are 1 metre (3.3 ft) high. Right, southern cell has a "pillow" of uncut rock at its inner end.The tomb has been plundered by making an opening through the roof of the chamber. The time of this event is not known, but the hole in the roof had been noted by the 16th century. The hole was repaired with concrete in the 1950s or 1960s.The name is derived from local legend that a dwarf named Trollid lived there, although, ironically, the tomb has also been claimed as the work of giants. Its existence was popularised in Walter Scott's novel The Pirate published in 1821.There is a variety of 18th- and 19th-century graffiti on the rock-cut tomb. One is an inscription in Persian calligraphy that states "I have sat two nights and so learnt patience" left by Captain William Mounsey, who camped here in 1850. Above the Persian is Mounsey's name written backwards in Latin.".
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- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageLength "6620".
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageOutDegree "43".
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageRevisionID "649218677".
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Bronze_Age.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Calligraphy.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Category:3rd-millennium_BC_architecture_in_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Category:Archaeological_sites_in_Orkney.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Category:Former_populated_places_in_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Category:Historic_Scotland_properties_in_Orkney.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Category:Neolithic_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Category:Prehistoric_Orkney.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Category:Scheduled_Ancient_Monuments_in_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Category:Stone_Age_sites_in_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Chamber_tomb.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Chambered_cairn.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Chambered_tomb.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Cromarty.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Devonian.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Epigraphy.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Graffiti.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Hoy.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Inscription.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Maeshowe.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Mainland,_Orkney.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Mediterranean.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Mediterranean_Sea.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Neolithic.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Old_Red_Sandstone.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Orkney.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Prehistoric_Orkney.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Ring_of_Brodgar.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Standing_Stones_of_Stenness.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink The_Pirate_(novel).
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Timeline_of_prehistoric_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Tomb.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink Walter_Scott.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink William_H._Mounsey.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink World_Heritage_Sites_in_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink File:DwarfieDraw.jpg.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink File:Dwarfie_Stane,_Island_of_Hoy,_Orkney.jpg.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLink File:Dwarfie_stane_inscription_by_Bruce_McAdam.jpg.
- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dwarfie Stane".
- Dwarfie_Stane hasPhotoCollection Dwarfie_Stane.
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- Dwarfie_Stane wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:European_Standing_Stones.
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- Dwarfie_Stane subject Category:3rd-millennium_BC_architecture_in_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane subject Category:Archaeological_sites_in_Orkney.
- Dwarfie_Stane subject Category:Former_populated_places_in_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane subject Category:Historic_Scotland_properties_in_Orkney.
- Dwarfie_Stane subject Category:Neolithic_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane subject Category:Prehistoric_Orkney.
- Dwarfie_Stane subject Category:Scheduled_Ancient_Monuments_in_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane subject Category:Stone_Age_sites_in_Scotland.
- Dwarfie_Stane hypernym Tomb.
- Dwarfie_Stane point "58.88472222222222 -3.312777777777778".
- Dwarfie_Stane type Area.
- Dwarfie_Stane type Building.
- Dwarfie_Stane type Monument.
- Dwarfie_Stane type Place.
- Dwarfie_Stane type Area.
- Dwarfie_Stane type Attraction.
- Dwarfie_Stane type Monument.
- Dwarfie_Stane type Place.
- Dwarfie_Stane type Property.
- Dwarfie_Stane type Site.
- Dwarfie_Stane type SpatialThing.
- Dwarfie_Stane comment "The Dwarfie Stane is a megalithic chambered tomb carved out of a titanic block of Devonian Old Red Sandstone located in a steep-sided glaciated valley between the settlements of Quoys and Rackwick on Hoy, an island in Orkney, Scotland. The stone is a glacial erratic located in desolate peatland.The attribution as a tomb was originally based on its resemblance to recognized tombs in southern Europe.".
- Dwarfie_Stane label "Dwarfie Stane".
- Dwarfie_Stane sameAs Dwarfie_Stane.
- Dwarfie_Stane sameAs דוורפי_סטיין.
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- Dwarfie_Stane sameAs m.026zl8r.
- Dwarfie_Stane sameAs Дворфи-Стейн.
- Dwarfie_Stane sameAs Дворфі-Стейн.
- Dwarfie_Stane sameAs Q1268415.
- Dwarfie_Stane sameAs Q1268415.
- Dwarfie_Stane lat "58.88472222222222".
- Dwarfie_Stane long "-3.312777777777778".
- Dwarfie_Stane wasDerivedFrom Dwarfie_Stane?oldid=649218677.
- Dwarfie_Stane depiction Dwarfie_Stane,_Island_of_Hoy,_Orkney.jpg.
- Dwarfie_Stane isPrimaryTopicOf Dwarfie_Stane.