Vestrafiold – the megalithic quarry“Outcrops jutting from the slope at places like Vestrafiold would have indicated the presence of suitable bands of material. Some ...Read More Sunday, April 23, 2023 / Further Afield, Ring of Brodgar, Standing Stones, Stones of Stenness, VestrafioldLink: Podcast puts spotlight on Neolithic megalithic structuresMelvyn Bragg is joined by Professor Vicki Cummings (University of Central Lancashire), Professor Julian Thomas (University of Manchester) and Susan ...Read More Thursday, March 2, 2023 / Chambered Cairns, Podcast, Ring of Brodgar, Standing Stones, Stones of StennessThe Staneyhill stone (and round about)“There is also the Stane o’ Hindatuin to be seen, an upright monolith standing on the top of a brae ...Read More Friday, January 27, 2023 / Around the Ness, ATN, Standing StonesThe central paved area and standing stoneAn update to our excavation background section this week, dealing with the "central paved area" and standing stone between Structures ...Read More Tuesday, January 10, 2023 / Standing Stones, StructuresHowe, Stromness – a hub of Neolithic and Iron Age activity"A slightly different form of expansion may be present at Howe, Stromness, Mainland, where two buildings initially interpreted as a ...Read More Monday, November 14, 2022 / Around the Ness, ATN, Chambered Cairns, Standing StonesTime 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 ...Read More Monday, April 19, 2021 / Around the Ness, Ring of Brodgar, Standing Stones, Stones of StennessThe ‘Lochview’ Standing Stones"…at the north-west end of the Bridge of Brogar is a large dilapidated tumulus, which appears to be the ruin ...Read More Monday, March 22, 2021 / Around the Ness, ATN, Standing StonesThe Stone of Odin"As we passed the Bridge of Brodgar, we could dimly descry the Standing Stones of Stenness on the eminence but ...Read More Monday, March 1, 2021 / Around the Ness, ATN, Standing StonesThe Barnhouse Stone“…on the day itself, at the death of one year and the birth of the next, the sun drops onto ...Read More Monday, February 1, 2021 / Around the Ness, ATN, Standing StonesThe Deepdale StoneThe Deepdale Stone. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) By Sigurd Towrie Head north along the road parallel to the south-western shore of ...Read More Monday, January 18, 2021 / Around the Ness, ATN, Standing StonesThe 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 ...Read More Monday, November 9, 2020 / Around the Ness, SOS, Standing Stones, Stones of StennessThe Comet Stone"The old track now passes by a small, solitary standing stone slab, encircled in green for some distance around its ...Read More Monday, September 21, 2020 / Around the Ness, ATN, Standing Stones1 2 ›