The Ness of Brodgar Project

(📷 Tom O'Brien)

Category: Around the Ness

https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1659069

Around the Ness / Chambered Cairns

The Ness of Onston enclosure

North of the Unstan stalled cairn is an enigmatic earthwork that separates the landward side of the Ness of Onston from the headland. This arc of two banks and ditches runs across the width of the headland, demarcating an area to the north that is now devoid of features or visible archaeological remains. Read more
Ring of Bookan, Orkney. (Sigurd Towrie)

Around the Ness

The Ring of Bookan

A mile or so north west of the Ring of Brodger, the ditched enclosure known as the Ring of Bookan comprises a flat-bottomed ditch surrounding an oval, raised platform. Read more