Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a group of Neolithic monuments on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The name was adopted by UNESCO when it proclaimed...

is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was probably built around 2800 BC. In the archaeology of Scotland...

largest island in Orkney, Scotland. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. The Ring of Brodgar (or Brogar...

complete Neolithic village. Skara Brae gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status as one of four sites making up "The Heart of Neolithic Orkney".a Older...

The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. This may be the oldest...

Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site on the main Island of Orkney, Scotland. Excavations at the site began in 2003. The site has provided evidence of...

of the Scots language and have a rich body of folklore. Orkney contains some of the oldest and best-preserved Neolithic sites in Europe; the "Heart of...

continuously inhabited for thousands of years, as evidenced by the World Heritage Site of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. The archipelago is exposed to wind...

start of Scotland's Early Historic Period (around AD 600). There are numerous important prehistoric remains in Orkney, especially from the Neolithic period...

artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh on the obverse and images of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney on the reverse. Clydesdale Bank began issuing £100 notes in...

prehistoric remains in Orkney, especially from the Neolithic period. Four of these remains comprise the Heart of Neolithic Orkney UNESCO World Heritage...

structures that survive in the Orkney islands of Scotland, some of the best known of which are part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. The...

main island of Orkney, Scotland. Both of Orkney's burghs, Kirkwall and Stromness, lie on the island, which is also the heart of Orkney's ferry and air...

and New Town The Heart of Neolithic Orkney New Lanark The Antonine Wall The Forth Bridge St. Kilda is a small, out-lying archipelago of Hebridean islands...

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Oldest buildings in Scotland Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site Prehistoric Orkney Severn-Cotswold tomb, a type of chambered long barrow found...

The Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement is sited by the shore of Loch of Harray, Orkney Mainland, Scotland, not far from the Standing Stones of Stenness, about...

many monuments which show prehistoric man's presence. A Neolithic burial cairn and some evidence of Bronze Age occupation were found here. The Callanish...

Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about 80 km (50 mi) to the northeast of Orkney...

Scots: Sandee) is one of the inhabited islands of Orkney that lies off the north coast of mainland Scotland. With an area of 50.43 km2 (19.5 sq mi),...

the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. Built some twenty years after Hadrian's...

Archaeologists. Tourism is a key component of Orkney's economy, with 700,000 visiting the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site between 2014 and 2020...

coast of Norway. The islands all fall within the Shetland Islands Council local authority. They have been continuously inhabited since Neolithic times...

Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7. Thomson, William P. L. (2008) The New History of Orkney. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 978-1-84158-696-0...

Isles" of Orkney and Shetland. South of Ardnamurchan, Gaelic place names are more common, and after the 13th century, Gaelic became the main language of the...

Secretary: 1922 – 1941 Hugh Marwick List of Antiquarian Societies The Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site: Research Agenda ed. Jane Downes, Sally M...

of the Roman Empire Giant's Causeway Heart of Neolithic Orkney Ironbridge Gorge New Lanark Old and New Towns of Edinburgh Pontcysyllte St Kilda Saltaire...

up in Birsay, Orkney, and a rescue was arranged. The St Kildans, building on this idea, would fashion a piece of wood into the shape of a boat, attach...

national scenic area includes the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, a group of Neolithic monuments found in the West Mainland portion of the area. The name was adopted...

Examples of such ritual landscapes are: Balfarg in Fife, Scotland Dunragit archaeological excavation site in Wigtownshire Heart of Neolithic Orkney, the UNESCO...