Standing Stones

Skara Brae - Jim Richardson
Jim Richardson visiting the Ness in 2019. (📷 Jo Bourne) In 2012, Jim Richardson visited the Ness to capture images ...
Ness of Brodgar. (Jim Richardson)
“Seven thousand years ago, Mesolithic hunter gatherers walked the long ridge of land in the heart of Orkney, known today ...
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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The Watchstone and the Brig o' Brodgar (Jim Richardson)
"When on the way to the Bridge of Brogar, attention is at once arrested by a singly giant monolith … ...
The Standing Stones of Stenness from the Brodgar road. Given the presence of the reconstructed "dolmen" the photograph is later than 1906.
Following our appeal for old photographs of the Ness and its environs, Pat Long sent us these early postcards showing ...
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The Standing Stones of Stenness (1906). There’s nothing like finally getting to the bottom of an irksome puzzle. In this ...
The Ring of Brodgar (Jim Richardson)
Archaeological work in south-west Wales has pushed the Ring of Brodgar back to fifth place in the list of largest ...
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