Maes Howe – 300 Years Older Than We'd Thought
Greenbelt Interfaith News

Victor Reijs, the archaeoastronomer in charge of the 1997 broadcast of the Maes Howe solstice, has gently called our attention to two errors in the article about that broadcast. The burial chamber was built around 2800 B.C. rather than around 2500 B.C., and the broadcast's photographer, Charles Tait, comes from Orkney rather than Scotland. "As you know," says Mr. Reijs with an electronic wink, "there is a difference between the UK, Scotland and Orkney." We didn't, but we're not likely to forget now. [Editor]

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