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Old Photograph Hotel Stenness Orkney Islands Scotland

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of the Hotel in #Stenness, #Orkney #Islands. During World War I in 1918, the building was used by the Royal Air Force as an operations room tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2019/03/old-...

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Ollie looking at the Watchstone, which is 5.5m tall. It's a fine, sunny day with blue skies and fluffly clouds. The Loch of Stenness is visible on the right.

Ollie looking at the Watchstone, which is 5.5m tall. It's a fine, sunny day with blue skies and fluffly clouds. The Loch of Stenness is visible on the right.

#DailyMegalith #StandingStoneSunday

Ollie at the Watchstone, #Stenness #Orkney #Scotland (2018)

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Some of the standing stones that forms the Stones of Stenness on Orkney. The Neolithic monument dates to around 3100 – 2900 BC, and is part of the ‘Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site’. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Stenness #Orkney

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The word 'teigr' appears in a place-name in ch. 9 of the Saga of the Earls of Orkney #Orkneyingasaga. Hávarðsteigar, somewhere near #Stenness in #Orkney, was where Earl Hávarðr 'the Harvest-blessed' and 'a good chieftain' was killed by his nephew Einarr at the instigation of his wife Ragnhildr. 🧵1/4

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Stenness poster. Thanks to LunaPic photo effects.
@stoneclub.bsky.social
#standingstones
#stenness
#orkney

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Scotsman Walking By Loch of Stenness On History Visit To Orkney Islandsa Scotland

Tour #Scotland short 4K travel video Blog clip of a #Scotsman wearing a kilt and walking by #Loch of #Stenness near Standing Stones of Stenness and Ring of Brodgar on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to mainland #Orkney #Islands tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2025/05/scot...

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One of the standing stones that forms the Stones of Stenness on Orkney. The Neolithic monument dates to around 3100 – 2900 BC, and is part of the ‘Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site’. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Orkney #Stenness

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Sheep photobombs tourists holiday photo! #Orkney #stenness #visitscotland #sheep

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Grassy mound with some daffodils growing and a stone entranceway/passageway to the tomb on the right of the photo

Grassy mound with some daffodils growing and a stone entranceway/passageway to the tomb on the right of the photo

Photo taken from inside the tomb looking down the stone passageway at a man bent over hands on ground working his way along the passage

Photo taken from inside the tomb looking down the stone passageway at a man bent over hands on ground working his way along the passage

#tombtuesday #unstan #stenness #orkney #neolithic

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The Stone of Odin Until the winter of 1814, the holed monolith stood to the north-west of the Stones of Stenness. But although its special place in the customs, traditions and folklore of the people of Orkney is wel…

210 years ago this month the Odin Stone, in #Stenness, was destroyed. But what was this monolith and why was it so revered? Read on...
#Orkney #StandingStone #OdinStone #Folklore #Tradition #Archaeology #Neolithic
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/odinstone/

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Destruction and reconstruction at the Stones of Stenness In December 1814, disaster struck the Stones of Stenness when a tenant farmer took it upon himself to obliterate them.

On Xmas Day 1814, festivities at a Kirkwall house were interrupted by news of the Odin Stone's destruction and damage to the Stones of Stenness...
#Archaeology #Stenness #StonesOfStenness #OdinStone #Neolithic

www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/around-the-n...

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The Watchstone, Orkney.

Where the Loch of Stenness and the Loch of Harray meet. Between the Stones of Stenness and excavations at the Ness of Brodgar.

#StandingStoneSunday

#orkney #watchstone #nessofbrodgar #stenness #harray

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How could I have missed #standingstonesunday?
Standing Stones of Stenness, #Orkney #stenness

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Stones of Stenness - Greatphotos The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles. Various tradition...

It is #StandingStoneSunday so here is a photo of the #Stones of #Stenness on #Orkney part of the #Unesco #Worldheritage of the heart of #neolithic Orkney in #Scotland www.greatphotos.eu/UnitedKingdo...

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Finally it’s getting light enough to walk the dog after swimming club! #lochofstenness #stenness #hoyhills #orkney #scottishislands #wintersunset

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Start of yesterday's sunset over Hoy Hills... After the storms #stormciara #stormdennis #ringofbrodgar #hoyhills #orkney #visitorkney #loveorkney #stenness #hoy #islandsunset #reflectingpool #calmafterthestormwww.instagram.com/p/B88WE__ge64/

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#stenness #orkneyislands #orkney #visitorkney #stennessloch #scottishsunset #stillwater #swanlake #autumnevening #eveningcommute @ Loch of Stenness www.instagram.com/p/B4N2oENA6El/

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#goldenfields #harvesttime #lochofstenness #stenness #orkney #loveorkney #visitorkney #islandfarm #scottishfarming #scottishsunset @ Loch of Stenness www.instagram.com/p/B2900Nng47C/

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#stennessloch #stenness #stonesofstenness #whs #hono #orkney #loveorkney #visitorkney #waterreflection #scottishlochs #cloudyday #blueskies @ Loch of Stenness www.instagram.com/p/By-pPtJAsSR/

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"Damage to the Ring of #Brodgar includes #graffiti that has been engraved into one of the stones at the #Neolithic site near #Stenness. It is believed to have been caused sometime between Friday afternoon and Sunday...

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#lochofstenness #stenness #sealoch #reflections #stillwater #ripples #sunset #scottishlochs #orkney #hono #heartofneolithicorkney #visitorkney @ Loch of Stenness www.instagram.com/p/BwIQi4Tgcfu/

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