Treasure Hill would be a nice name, but would that not require a mixture of Norse and "Pictish" languages in the name? I know of several placenames on the mainland that can be interpreted as either Norse or Gaelic (or a mixture), but no names that mix up Norse and older langauges (like Aberness, should it exist, for example). Doesn't mean they don't exist, I just can't think of any off the top of my head.
I'd like to think that Maeshowe does indeed mean "the field with the low hill" and is Pictish (or other Orcadian native) in origin. But if that was the case, how come only that Pictish name remains in the area? Why do we use Norse-derived names for even more obvious ancient landmarks in the vicinity, like Brogar and Stenness?
The runes are excellent. That was in the days when graffitti had a certain class to it :-)
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