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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Prehistoric Orkney (section Ring of Brodgar)
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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Skara Brae (redirect from Skara Brae - Heart of Neolithic Orkney)
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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Orkney (redirect from Swedish earldom of Orkney)
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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Maeshowe (redirect from Maes Howe - Heart of Neolithic Orkney)
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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of the more impressive standing stones in Caithness and has mass and size to compare with those of the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney. Also it is one of two...
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