“Orkney is a key to understanding Neolithic religion,” says ... Literally thousands of sites are scattered through the islands, the majority of them untouched. Together they cover a great ...

The Orkney Islands are rich in prehistoric sites, and it was thought ... and not Bronze Age but older—Neolithic. And it was thought likely that there was more to be discovered.

1998 The boundaries of the property in the Brodgar Rural Conservation Area Buffer Zone 1998 The boundary of the property at Skara Brae and the buffer zone around it The Nomination files produced by ...

Councillor Heather Woodbridge, Leader of Orkney Islands Council, said: “The Heart of Neolithic Orkney - encompassing four incredible sites in the West Mainland - is vital to the ongoing story ...

Skara Brae stands tall among Scotland's most outstanding archaeological sites. Found on the main island of Orkney, this ...

A new map of the South Orkney ... Islands Dependencies Surveys (FIDS), but are now considerably out of date and not comparable to the standard of modern maps. Signy Island, a critical site for ...

Encounters with the prehistoric site Skara Brae ... The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic stone circle on the Orkney island. I recommend a visit to St John’s Head, Britain’s highest vertical ...

The northern isles of the Orkney archipelago receive fewer visitors than the main island ... neolithic civilisation that ...