Verified58.9940° N · 3.2081° W · 12 m
Standing Stones of Stenness
Stenness Stones
Late Neolithic·Grooved Ware Orcadian·🇬🇧 Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom
About
About Standing Stones of Stenness
Four surviving uprights of oval henge circle originally 12 stones up to 5.7 m tall on promontory between lochs. One of earliest henges in Britain (c.3100 BCE).
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History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3100 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic
- Culture
- Grooved Ware Orcadian
- Purpose
- Ceremonial henge
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3100 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1248 CE
Major expansion
Location
Where it is
58.9940° N · 3.2081° W · 12 m
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