The Ness lies just south-east of the Ring of Brodgar, the neolithic stone circle which can be seen as Orkney's version of Stonehenge. Since 2004, excavations at the three hectare site have so far ...

The Ness lies just south-east of the Ring of Brodgar, the neolithic stone circle which can be seen as Orkney's version of Stonehenge. Since 2004, excavations at the three hectare site have so far ...

Neolithic buildings in Orkney see light of day again Close. Archaeologists have reopened a major ancient settlement in Orkney after Covid-19 stopped work on the site for three years.

There aren’t many things as magnificent and mesmerizing as the neolithic constructions on the Islands of Orkney. When walking around the stone circle of Stenness, looking up at their towering height, ...

They had Stone Age technology, but their vision was millennia ahead of their time. Five thousand years ago the ancient inhabitants of Orkney—a fertile, green archipelago off the northern tip of ...

Skara Brae is a Neolithic village located on the Bay of Skaill, on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney Islands in Scotland. Inhabited between 3180 BCE and 2500 BCE, it flourished before the ...

Nestled between two lakes on the remote Orkney archipelago in Scotland, the site known as the Ness of Brodgar contains a succession of Neolithic stone buildings spanning 1,000 years—and was ...

A Neolithic Orkney burial cairn is to stay open to the public thanks to a shuttle bus service aimed at addressing road safety concerns. Concerns had been raised over the car park at Maeshowe ...

Neolithic dog's face reconstructed from skull unearthed on Orkney. An artist rebuilds the features of a 4,500-year-old animal found in a burial chamber that may have been a pet or tended sheep.

Archaeologists have found evidence of 5,000-year-old Neolithic textiles in Orkney, said to be only the second such find in Scotland.The impression of the cloth was discovered on a fragment of ...

Archaeologists have found evidence of 5,000-year-old Neolithic textiles in Orkney, said to be only the second such find in Scotland. The impression of the cloth was discovered on a fragment of ...