Standing Stones of Stenness
archaeological site, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Standing Stones of Stenness
Standing Stones of Stenness, island of Mainland (Pomona), Orkney Islands, Scotland.
The Standing Stones of Stenness are a Neolithic stone circle located on the island of Mainland in Scotland's Orkney Islands. Originally, there were likely 12 stones, but only four remain today. These stones, some exceeding 13 feet (4 meters) in height, are set in a rock foundation and form a circle approximately 200 feet (61 meters) in diameter. The site is surrounded by a ditch cut into the rock. Nearby are the larger Ring of Brodgar and the Maeshowe barrow, a prehistoric chambered mound also found on Mainland.12
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