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Sunset at the Standing Stones of Stenness An 18th-century engraving of the Odin Stone. Let us imagine, then, families approaching Stenness at the appointed time of year, men, women and children, carrying bundles of bones collected together from the skeletons of disinterred corpses–skulls, mandibles, long bones–carrying also the skulls of totem animals, herding a beast that was one of ...
Stenness (pronounced / ˈ s t ɛ n ɪ s /) (Old Norse: Steinnes; Norn: Stennes) is a village and parish on the Orkney Mainland in Scotland. [1] It contains several notable prehistoric monuments including the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar .
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The Loch of Stenness is a large brackish loch on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland [2] and is named for the parish of Stenness.It is 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) northeast of the town of Stromness, lies immediately to the south of the Loch of Harray and is close to the World Heritage neolithic sites of the Stones of Stenness and Ring of Brodgar. [3]
The site has provided evidence of decorated stone slabs, a stone wall 6 metres (20 ft) thick with foundations, and a large building described as a Neolithic temple. [5] Activity on the site can be dated to 3500-3400 BC, [6] and the site had been closed down and partly dismantled by 2,200 BC. [7]
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The Stenness Watch Stone stands outside the circle The Stones of Stenness are five remaining megaliths of a henge, the largest of which is 6 metres (20 ft) high. The site is thought to date from 3100 BC, one of the earliest dates for a henge anywhere in Britain.
This list includes the historic houses, castles, abbeys, museums and other buildings and monuments in the care of Historic Environment Scotland (HES). HES (Scottish Gaelic: Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland’s historic environment.