Stand at “the Ness” today and several iconic Stone Age structures are within easy view, forming the core of a World Heritage site called the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. On a heather-clad knoll ...

Many of the Neolithic tombs were used for hundreds of years, with mortuary houses built of wood or stone. The latter, often constructed of large stones, still survive today. Midhowe: An example of a ...

One of the greatest architectural achievement of Scotland's Neolithic builders has to be the 5000 year old chambered tomb of Maes Howe in Orkney ... were dragged to the site and carefully ...

One of the most remarkable discoveries in modern archaeology: in 1850 a violent storm ravaged the Bay of Skaill in the Orkney Isles to the north-east of mainland Scotland, revealing the Neolithic ...

From Breton dolmens to Scottish stone circles, here is a selection of the most beautiful megalithic sites to discover ... ensemble. The Orkney Islands, Scotland's Neolithic sanctuary Off the ...

PA Media The Ring of Brodgar is among a number of sites making up the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, a Unesco world Heritage site. Nick Card, the director of the Ness of Brodgar excavation ...

Beyond its beam lies the Orkney archipelago ... Skara Brae provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of Neolithic people. The site, dating back 5,000 years, is Europe’s most complete Neolithic ...