Maeshowe, Orkahaugr – The names of Orkney’s great burial mound as nodes in a heteroglossic web of meaning-making

Ragnhild Ljosland

Maeshowe, Orkahaugr – The names of Orkney’s great burial mound as nodes in a heteroglossic web of meaning-making

Ragnhild Ljosland

Archaeology Institute

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Situated on a central thoroughfare on the Orkney Mainland, and in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Area, is the c. 5000-year-old burial mound now known by the name of Maeshowe. In the Orkneyinga Saga, however, and in a runic inscription in the mound itself, the mound has another name: Orkahaugr, or Orkhaugr.

The aim here is to discuss these names focusing on reception and interpretation, asking which stories have been told about these names from the Middle Ages to the present, and what these stories can tell us regarding how those who heard and told them understood the mound: Its exterior and, perhaps more importantly, its interior, contents and meaning.

langue originale	English
titre	What is North?
Sous-titre	Imagining the North from Ancient Times to the Present Day
rédacteurs en chef	Oisin Plumb
Lieu de publication	Turnhout
Editeur	Brepols Publishers
Chapitre	11
Pages	193-210
Nombre de pages	18
ISBN (Electronique)	978-2-503-58503-1
ISBN (imprimé)	978-2-503-58502-4
état	Published - 15 juin 2020
Evénement	The third St Magnus conference: Visualising the North - Orkney Durée: 14 avr. 2016 → 16 avr. 2016

Série de publications

Nom	The North Atlantic World
Editeur	Brepols
Volume	1

Conference

Conference	The third St Magnus conference
période	14/04/16 → 16/04/16

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- ragnhild.ljoslanduhi.acuk
- UHI Orkney
- Archaeology Institute
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Maeshowe, Orkahaugr – The names of Orkney’s great burial mound as nodes in a heteroglossic web of meaning-making

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