Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row
Late Neolithic (3100–2700 BCE)·Grooved Ware·🇬🇧 Orkney, Mainland, Stenness, Brodgar Ness, United Kingdom
About
About Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row
Ness perimeter row revealed in N. Card excavations 2010, linking to earlier Brodgar farm enclosure. Recorded context — Period: Late Neolithic (3100–2700 BCE); Culture: Grooved Ware; Field status: excavated; Materials: flagstone; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Grooved Ware megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Defensive stronghold
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3100 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic (3100–2700 BCE)
- Culture
- Grooved Ware
- Purpose
- Small stone row flanking Ness of Brodgar wall — field system edge
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1912
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3100 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row
c. 1500 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row
On the ground
Structures & features
59.0020° N · 3.2130° W · 10 m · 3 mapped features
- Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row — Principal Standing Stonestanding stonestanding stone at Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row — primary structure59.0022° N · 3.2145° W
- Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row — Northern Chamberchamberchamber at Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row — primary structure59.0008° N · 3.2125° W
- Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row — Southern Cairncairncairn at Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row — primary structure59.0038° N · 3.2129° W
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