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When the owners of Brodgar Farm ploughed up a large notched stone in their field in 2003, they knew it was no normal rock. Someone had altered it. And given the farm’s location, it wouldn’t ...
A ‘priceless’ Neolithic stone circle in Orkney which is more the 4,000-years-old has been vandalised. Damage to the Ring of Brodgar includes graffiti which has been engraved into one of the ...
A 4,000-year-old stone circle in Orkney has been vandalised in a "mindless act", Police Scotland have said. Damage to the world-renowned Ring of Brodgar includes graffiti which has been engraved into ...
Concern has been expressed about "undesirable toileting behaviour" at Orkney's famous Ring of Brodgar stone circle. Councillors discussed the problem this week, including the possibility of ...
Archaeologists have uncovered what they describe as a "stunning example" of Neolithic decorate stone in Orkney. The notch-marked slab was discovered at Ness of Brodgar, the location of a well ...
Land next to Ring of Brodgar has become an "open-air toilet" amid rising visitor numbers with proper facilities at the Neolithic site now an "absolute necessity", it has been claimed.
Whale bones and some of the UK's oldest steps are among new finds unveiled at the famous Ness of Brodgar Neolithic settlement in Orkney. The Ness of Brodgar, next to the famous Ring of Brodgar, is ...
The find marks the first ancient fingerprint recorded at the Ness of Brodgar archaeological site. Jan Blatchford. Around 3000 B.C., a potter in what’s now Scotland’s Orkney archipelago left a ...
Archaeologists at the Ness of Brodgar ceremonial center in Scotland have discovered two pieces of wood dated to the Neolithic era, reports Craig Munro for the Press and Journal. Found in two ...
Graffiti has been engraved into a stone at the world-renowned Ring of Brodgar in Orkney, built between 2500 and 2000 BC. Skip to content. Sky News - back to home. Watch Live. Home ...