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    The Ring of Brodgar (or Brogar, or Ring o' Brodgar) is a Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on Mainland, the largest...
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    Ness of Brodgar is an archaeological site covering 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) between the Ring of Brodgar and the Stones of Stenness in the Heart of Neolithic...
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    The Ring o' Brodgar, Stenness ". Orkneyjar. Retrieved 16 September 2008. Wickham-Jones (2007) pp. 28-29. Armit (2006) pp. 67–68. "Ness of Brodgar, Stenness...
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    of eight houses making up Northern Europe’s best-preserved Neolithic village. Ness of Brodgar is an archaeological site between the Ring of Brodgar and...
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    Henge (category Types of monuments and memorials)
    Maumbury Rings in Dorset (later reused as a Roman amphitheatre and then as a Civil War fort) Mayburgh Henge in Cumbria The Ring of Brodgar in Orkney...
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    theocratic class of wise men who engaged in astronomical and magical ceremonies at nearby Ring of Brodgar and the Standing Stones of Stenness. Graham...
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    include the Standing Stones of Stenness, the Maeshowe passage grave, the Ring of Brodgar and other standing stones. Many of the Neolithic settlements were...
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    magnificently preserved village of Skara Brae, passing near the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar. Low roads connect Neolithic ceremonial...
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    stone causeway, and the Ring of Brodgar lies about 1.2 km (0.75 mi) away to the north-west, across the stream and near the tip of the isthmus formed between...
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    The Giant's Ring is a henge monument at Ballynahatty, near Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was originally preserved by Viscount Dungannon...
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