Around the Ness

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

Picture: Jo Bourne

Around the Ness: ‘Lochview’ Standing Stones

Wasbister, Sandwick.

Around the Ness: Wasbister settlement and disc barrow

Around the Ness: Skaefrue

The Odin Stone. Marchioness of Stafford. 1805.

Around the Ness – The Stone of Odin

Skara Brae (Jim Richardson)

Around the Ness – Skara Brae

Ness Neolithic trail - featured image

Walk the Ness Neolithic Trail

Knowes and Barrows

Around the Ness: Knowes and barrows

The Barnhouse Stone, Stenness. (Sigurd Towrie)

Around the Ness: The Barnhouse Stone

Around the Ness: Howe, Stromness

The Deepdale Standing Stone, Stromness, Orkney (Sigurd Towrie)

Around the Ness: The Deepdale Stone

Bookan chambered cairn, Orkney. (ORCA)

Around the Ness: The Bookan Chambered Cairn

The reconstructed Structure Eight at Barnhouse. (Sigurd Towrie)

Around the Ness: The Barnhouse Settlement – Structure Eight

Barnhouse Settlement - House 2

Around the Ness: The Barnhouse Settlement – House Two

The Barnhouse Settlement, Stenness, Orkney. (Nick Card)

Around the Ness: The Barnhouse Settlement

Hearth in Maeshowe featured image

Around the Ness: a hearth in Maeshowe?

Around the Ness: Maeshowe – part two

Maeshowe interior. (Jim Richardson)

Around the Ness: Maeshowe

Winter snow. (Sigurd Towrie)

Around the Ness: The Stones of Stenness – part two

Stones of Stenness, Orkney

Around the Ness: The Stones of Stenness

The Ring of Bookan, Sandwick. This ditched enclosure at the north-western end of the Ness covers a similar area to the Stones of Stenness. Unlike the Stones of Stenness, however, it has no entrance causeway. (Sigurd Towrie)

Around the Ness: The Ring of Bookan

The Ring of Brodgar. (Sigurd Towrie)

Around the Ness: Howastedgarth

South-eastern entrance to the Ring of Brodgar. (Sigurd Towrie)

Around the Ness: The Ring of Brodgar

Around the Ness: Unstan Chambered Cairn

Little Barnhouse Mound. Sigurd Towrie

Around the Ness: ‘Little Barnhouse’ mound

Comet Stone and Ring of Brodgar. 2000. (Sigurd Towrie)

Around the Ness: the Comet Stone

Ness of Brodgar. (Jim Richardson)

A natural cursus? Water, walls and walking the Ness

Dyke o' Sean, Stenness.

The Dyke of Sean – a third monumental wall crossing the Ness

Maeshowe interior. (Jim Richardson)

Agents of transformation – the role of chambered cairns in Neolithic Orkney

The Watchstone and the Brig o' Brodgar (Jim Richardson)

Around the Ness: The Watchstone

The Ness of Brodgar today, flanked by the Lochs of Stenness (left) and Harray (right). (Scott Pike)

Ness flanked by lochs in prehistory? Surveys suggest otherwise

2013 road work revealed structure beyond the ‘Great Wall’