The Orkneys - Before Christ

For reasons apparently completely unknown,
earlier civilizations erected standing stones,
circles of standing stones, burial mounds, and other stone edifices.
They left no written histories -
so the use of structures other than burial mounds and crypts,
remains hidden...

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1. Ring of Brodgar

 

 

2. Standing stones of Stenness

 

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3. Standing Stones to scale

 

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4. Shadows, Ring of Brodgar

 

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5. Skara Brae, ca. 3100 BC

 

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6. Bridge, Skara Brae, ca. 3100 BC

 

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7. Alex, Broch of Guerness

 

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8. Incisors, Ring of Brodgar

 

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9. Shadow, Ring of Brodgar

 

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10. Grafitti, Birng of Brodgar

 

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11. Tomb of Eagles, ca. 2500 BC

 

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