At the Ring of Brodgar on the Orkney Islands, if you clap your hands or ... but researchers now believe that the earliest standing stone monuments were constructed specifically in line with ...

In Europe, megaliths - stone structures built by prehistoric civilisations - have been an object of fascination for centuries ...

Standing Stones of Stenness are also part of the world heritage site in Orkney Skara Brae is just part of the World Heritage site on Orkney which also consists of the chambered tomb of Maeshowe ...

the Ness is not the only Neolithic site in Orkney. A group of monuments including the burial mound of Maeshowe, the Standing Stones of Stenness, the Ring of Brodgar and - perhaps most famously ...

The place is Orkney. Seventy islands (20 inhabited ... Marching like giants, the stones standing on this great henge were erected 4,500 years ago, part of a huge Neolithic spiritual world still ...

They had Stone Age technology ... survived, so Orkney is already punching above its weight,” says Antonia Thomas, an archaeologist at the University of the Highlands and Islands.

Orkney Island north of Scotland's mainland is a typical example ... The Los Menhires Archaeological Park in Tucuman province of Argentina is home to around 50 menhirs (standing stones). These stones ...

Conservationists are celebrating the success of a large-scale stoat removal project in Orkney. The non-native ... since their arrival on the Scottish islands 15 years ago. Since 2019, nearly ...

May 2026 - 12 days Discover early human civilisations and fascinating wildlife amongst the wild isles of Scotland aboard the ...

The only tools the builders had were made of stone, wood and rope! Only a few stones are left standing today. More than 4,000 years ago a small ring of stones stood for around 200 years.

A new study finds that over the long term, standing doesn't improve cardiovascular health compared to sitting and could actually increase the risk of circulatory issues, such as varicose veins and ...