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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-...
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
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
Stenness poster. Thanks to LunaPic photo effects.
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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...
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
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
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/
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...
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
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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...
Finally it’s getting light enough to walk the dog after swimming club! #lochofstenness #stenness #hoyhills #orkney #scottishislands #wintersunset
Start of yesterday's sunset over Hoy Hills... After the storms #stormciara #stormdennis #ringofbrodgar #hoyhills #orkney #visitorkney #loveorkney #stenness #hoy #islandsunset #reflectingpool #calmafterthestorm… www.instagram.com/p/B88WE__ge64/
#stenness #orkneyislands #orkney #visitorkney #stennessloch #scottishsunset #stillwater #swanlake #autumnevening #eveningcommute @ Loch of Stenness www.instagram.com/p/B4N2oENA6El/
#goldenfields #harvesttime #lochofstenness #stenness #orkney #loveorkney #visitorkney #islandfarm #scottishfarming #scottishsunset @ Loch of Stenness www.instagram.com/p/B2900Nng47C/
#stennessloch #stenness #stonesofstenness #whs #hono #orkney #loveorkney #visitorkney #waterreflection #scottishlochs #cloudyday #blueskies @ Loch of Stenness www.instagram.com/p/By-pPtJAsSR/
"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...
