Sacred places

11 juin 2007

Standing stone

On the road leading of Stenness to Stromness, close to Deepdale, draws up a menhir which one sees of the roadside, in a turning. It is the first time that I see the energy released by a stone to enjoy to make turn grass around. Impressing. I did not have...

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11 juin 2007

Comet stone

The stone comet is with 140 meters in the south of the circle of Brodgar. It measures 1m75 top and is held on an oval platform of approximately 14 meters diameter. This monolith seems to have formed part formerly of another group of stones forming procession...

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11 juin 2007

stones of the way…

It is probable that a marked out stone route éxisté between the circles of Brodgar and Stenness, as these menhirs show it posed all with length. Several are without private properties, but they very well are seen road. Of this alignment part the stone...

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11 juin 2007

Stone of Barnhouse

Barnhouse is a solitary monolith covered by the lichens. It is in the environment close to Maeshowe, not far from the stone cecle of Stenness. It very well is seen road leading of Finstown to Stromness, on the line. It belongs to alignment Western East/with...

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11 juin 2007

Watchstone

The named stone “Watchstone” is a giant (5m 60 top) posed at the edge of the road which connects Stennes and Brodgar, at the entry of the thin strip of land which forms an isthmus between the Lakes Stenness and Harray. (fresh water and salted water lakes)....

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11 juin 2007

Stone of Odin

Until winter 1814, the stone of Odin was held in front of the circle of Stenness. this stone played an important part in the life of Orcadiens. It was dattée of approximately 3.000 before J.C. ; measured 2 meters 50 top for a width of one meter. Its characteristic...

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11 juin 2007

Neolithic Skara Brae, Broch of Gurness, villages

Skara Brae is a very important archeological site located on the Western coast of the principal island of the Orkneys. It includes/understands the remainders of a Neolithic village which thanks to their hiding in sand spent the centuries without suffering...

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11 juin 2007

Tomb of Eagles, the Orkneys

As for the majority of the prehistoric monuments of the Orkneys, the discovery of the cairn of Isbister, more known under the name of tomb of the eagles, was purely accidental. The cairn was discovered by a local farmer, Ronald Simison, in 1958.Impassioned...

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11 juin 2007

Cairns of Unstan and Cuween

The cairn of Unstan is located on a headland close to the Stenness log, from where one sees the stone circles of Brodgar and Stenness, and a little further, the site of Maeshowe. This cairn circular measuring 13 meters in diameter is located as an hybrid...

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11 juin 2007

Cathedral Saint Magnus, Kirkwall

The Orkneys (Orkney Islands in English) are an archipelago located at the north of Scotland. This archipelago counts 67 slightly undulating islands, from which 16 only are inhabited. The 20.000 Orcadiens live for the majority on the principal island,...

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