On a heather-clad knoll half a mile away rises a giant Tolkienesque circle of stones known as the Ring of Brodgar. A second ceremonial stone circle, the famous Stones of Stenness, is visible ...

Researchers have noted that two avenues of paired standing stones leave from Avebury and go toward other megalithic sites in the region. The Ring of Brodgar is located on the largest of the Orkney ...

The Ring of Brodgar, made up of 36 standing stones, dominates a wild landscape of lochs and hills. A few kilometres away, the Stones of Stenness, dating from 3,100 BC, stand majestically towards ...