The Winter Solstice

On the orkney islands, the day length on the winter solstice is just six hours and ten minutes long. This is over hour and a half less than at stonehenge. The famous passage grave at ney is called maisehow. Maishaw may have been built around two thousand, 800 b c e. And it is not known who was buried there,. There is a possibility of a twelfth century norse raid to remove any grave goods of value.