The centre of their world – where heaven, earth and people came together
By natural coincidence the Ness of Brodgar isthmus roughly lines up with a solstice axis. Is this one of the reason’s the area became a magnet to people for millennia? …
Traditional names or just another ‘Loda’ old nonsense?
Is there any truth to the antiquarian claims that the two Stenness circles were traditionally known as the ‘Temples of the Sun and Moon’? …
Digging into henges and henging…
The Ring of Brodgar and Stones of Stenness have been classed as “henges” since the term was coined in the 1930s. But are they really? And what exactly is a henge? …