Stones of Stenness
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/ Stromness
World / United Kingdom / Scotland
monument, neolithic age, megalith, interesting place, stone circle
Stromness KW16 3JZ, United Kingdom
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The surviving stones are sited on a promontory at the south bank of the stream that joins the southern ends of the sea loch Loch of Stenness and the freshwater Loch of Harray. The name, which is pronounced stane-is in Orcadian dialect, comes from Old Norse meaning stone headland. The stream is now bridged, but at one time was crossed by a stepping stone causeway, and the Ring of Brodgar lies about 1.2 km (3/4 mile) away to the north-west, across the stream and near the tip of the isthmus formed between the two lochs
www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/stone...
The surviving stones are sited on a promontory at the south bank of the stream that joins the southern ends of the sea loch Loch of Stenness and the freshwater Loch of Harray. The name, which is pronounced stane-is in Orcadian dialect, comes from Old Norse meaning stone headland. The stream is now bridged, but at one time was crossed by a stepping stone causeway, and the Ring of Brodgar lies about 1.2 km (3/4 mile) away to the north-west, across the stream and near the tip of the isthmus formed between the two lochs
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stones_of_Stenness
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Coordinates: 58°59'38"N 3°12'29"W
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