Standing Stones of Stenness (Illustration)

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Jeffrey King
by Bob Jones
published on 07 January 2019
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The so-called Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the island of Orkney, Britain. The four standing stones (each about 300 mm thick and measuring up to 5 m tall) were once part of a massive henge monument which included perhaps 12 standing stones in total.

Radiocarbon dating has shown that there was ritual activity on the site by at least 3100 BCE.

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