Heart of Neolithic Orkney History, Travel Information, Facts And More

Heart of Neolithic Orkney

Places (World Heritage Site)

Rate Heart of Neolithic Orkney as World Heritage Site here

Rating By 0 Users

Be the first to review

PERSONAL INFORMATION

NAME

Heart of Neolithic Orkney

COUNTRY

United Kingdom

ADDRESS

Orkney, Scotland

HEART OF NEOLITHIC ORKNEY PICTURE

More Information

About Heart of Neolithic Orkney

Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a group of monuments located in Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is estimated to be of the Neolithic period and is made about 5000 years ago. It is declared as a World Heritage Site in the year 1999. It spread in an area of 15 hectares. It consists of four sites which as Maes Howe, Standing Stones of Stenness, Ring of Brodgar, and Skara Brae. The place is 15 kilometers away from Scotland.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Heart of Neolithic Orkney

The site gives a hint about the culture and believes about 5000 years ago. Maes Howe situated in the site is a chambered cairn and passage grave. It is made using that technique that its central chamber illuminates on the winter solstice. It was looted by Vikings.
There are four megaliths of a henge which is called Standing Stones of Stenness. The biggest stone here is about six meters high.
Ring of Brodgar is a circle of stones. It is three meters deep and ten meters wide. The circle has a diameter of 104 meters. It is estimated that about eighty thousand man-hours were used to make the monument using sixty stones which were set in a circular ditch.
Skara Brae is a group of eight houses.

USER RATING FOR HEART OF NEOLITHIC ORKNEY

5 STAR

4 STAR

3 STAR

2 STAR

1 STAR

Add Review

Gender: Male Female

Submit