Taversoe Tuick

The entrance "passage" of the miniature chamber.
(NE is top).
Here we see the curious "intermediate" lintel in the entrance passage. The edge of the SW chamber lintel can be seen protruding
from beneath the upper edge of the modern doorframe, this is 0.85m above the floor, the intermediate lintel is set at only 0.5m. This odd
feature is supported by a ledge in the rock on the left and upon an edge-set slab at the right.
The passage area is unlined bare rock, the masonry of the chamber itself can be seen to start beyond the lintel, also visible beneath the
first chamber lintel are two of the four vertical slabs set into the chamber walls.

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