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    The 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 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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    from Ness of Brodgar in Orkney. However, Neolithic woven textile was first discovered in Scotland at Flint Howe, near Stranraer, in 1966. The Stones of 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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    Ness of Brodgar Excavation. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2022. "Barnhouse | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2020. The Heart of...
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    stone wall surrounded the ancient temple of Ness of Brodgar 3200 BC in Scotland. Named the "Great Wall of Brodgar" it was 4 metres (13 ft) thick and 4 metres...
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  • Roy; Card, Nick; Edmonds, Mark (2015). The Ness of Brodgar. Kirkwall, UK: Archaeology Institute, University of the Higlands and Islands. ISBN 978-0-9932757-0-8...
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    Neolithic British Isles (category History of the British Isles)
    in the succeeding centuries. The 2003 discovery of the Ness of Brodgar site has presented an example of a highly-sophisticated and possibly-religious complex...
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  • Excavations at the Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site in Orkney, Scotland, come to an end after 20 years of archaeological investigations. 4 – Discovery of two warrior...
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    report of a complete toolkit for grinding pigments and making a primitive paint-like substance. Interior walls at the 5,000-year-old Ness of Brodgar have...
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