The Ness of Brodgar Excavation

Standing Stones

The Central Standing Stone (Jo Bourne)
The central paved area and standing stone
A new addition to our excavation background section this week, dealing with the "central paved area" and standing stone between ...
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The Standing Stones of Stenness, looking north-west towards the Ness of Brodgar. (Sigurd Towrie)
Time for the old house to die? – henges and houses in the Neolithic
“The first decayed and new ones were made. And in time the new ones became old, yet still they were ...
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Picture: Jo Bourne
The ‘Lochview’ Standing Stones
"…at the north-west end of the Bridge of Brogar is a large dilapidated tumulus, which appears to be the ruin ...
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The Odin Stone. Marchioness of Stafford. 1805.
The Stone of Odin
"As we passed the Bridge of Brodgar, we could dimly descry the Standing Stones of Stenness on the eminence but ...
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The Barnhouse Stone, Stenness. (Sigurd Towrie)
The Barnhouse Stone
“…on the day itself, at the death of one year and the birth of the next, the sun drops onto ...
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Howe, Stromness
"A slightly different form of expansion may be present at Howe, Stromness, Mainland, where two buildings initially interpreted as a ...
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The Deepdale Standing Stone, Stromness, Orkney (Sigurd Towrie)
The Deepdale Stone
By Sigurd Towrie Head north along the road parallel to the south-western shore of the Stenness loch and a single ...
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Winter snow. (Sigurd Towrie)
The Stones of Stenness – part two
"Each of the remaining pillars is about 18 feet above ground: one was lately thrown down, but has not been ...
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Comet Stone and Ring of Brodgar. 2000. (Sigurd Towrie)
The Comet Stone
"The old track now passes by a small, solitary standing stone slab, encircled in green for some distance around its ...
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Skara Brae - Jim Richardson
Photographic mastery – Jim Richardson views from around the Ness
In 2012, Jim Richardson visited the Ness to capture images for a planned National Geographic feature article. The resultant images ...
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Ness of Brodgar. (Jim Richardson)
A natural cursus? Water, walls and walking the Ness of Brodgar
“Seven thousand years ago, Mesolithic hunter gatherers walked the long ridge of land in the heart of Orkney, known today ...
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Diary extra – Around the Ring of Brodgar
It's a beautiful day in the West Mainland of Orkney. One of those very rare summer days when there's hardly ...
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