Another destination to see stone circles according to Love From Scotland is the Outer Hebrides. Like Orkney, Scotland's Western Isles have been inhabited for thousands of years and there is plenty of ...
It has been argued that the nearby Stones of Stenness is the earliest stone circle in Britain, a few hundred years older than Stonehenge. Similarly, so-called Grooved Ware, a distinctive style of ...
Located in northwest England. Stones of Stenness: Originally 12 stones stood inside a henge, but many have been removed. The outer bank of the henge can be seen in some slides as a slightly darker ...
They were out to make a statement.” Sheep graze among the Stones of Stenness, which may have been a model for Stonehenge. In 1814 a farmer tried to remove the ancient stones so he could more ...
Also in Orkney, the large flat stones of Stenness (originally 12, now just three) would have created an intense echo, even amplifying the crackles of a fire according to sound researcher and ...
These Neolithic farmers probably lived at the nearby settlements of Barnhouse or Skara Brae and worshiped at the Stones of Stenness. Maes Howe was the house of the dead – the house of the ancestors.
The island chain's most famous monument is arguably the Standing Stones of Stenness. Situated five miles northeast of Stromness on Orkney's Mainland, it is believed to be the oldest henge site in ...