In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable ...

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 ...

A few kilometres away, the Stones of Stenness, dating from 3,100 BC, stand majestically towards the skies. The site of Skara Brae, meanwhile, offers a glimpse of what daily life was at the time ...

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 ...

The team brought portable X-ray machines to Orkney to conduct a chemical analysis of minerals contained in exposed rocks at the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar, two ancient remnants of ...

like the Ring of Brodgar and Stones of Stenness. While the Altar Stone seems similar to these, the study shows they are not from the same place, which means the hunt continues. The research was ...