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Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 Page Views: 26000
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Orkney
Site Name: Ring of Brodgar Alternative Name: The Ring of Brogar
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Stromness Nearest Village: Finstown
Map Ref: HY294133 Landranger Map Number: 6
Latitude: 59.000947N Longitude: 3.230623W
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Access:| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access | | 4 | Short walk on a footpath | | 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk | | 2 | A long walk | | 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find | | 0 | No data. |
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Easily the most awe-inspiring prehistoric site in Scotland, the Ring of Brodgar (also known as Brogar) lies on a promontory between two lochs. The stone circle is quite complete, and one of the biggest in Britain. The stones are set within a circular ditch up to 3m deep and 9m across that was hewn out of the solid bedrock by the prehistoric constructors.
The stone circle is 104 metres in diameter and was originally thought to have comprised of 60 stones, of which only 27 remain standing today. The tallest stones stand at the south and west of the ring.
The surrounding area is full of other standing stones and Bronze Age round barrows, making a significant ritual landscape. Nearby are the Stones of Stenness.
Access: Immediately west of B9055, and well signposted. A Historic Scotland site (state care). Free entry
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The Ring of Brodgar.
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The Ring of Brodgar circle henge.
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The Ring of Brodgar.
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Brodgar face silhouette
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Brodgar face silhouetted against sky and Stenness Loch, with geese.
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Full moon rise of 25 February 2013 over Ring of Brodgar
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The sun getting low just prior to full moon rise; 25 February 2013.
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Salt Knowe, South Knowe, Brodgar cairns, Ring of Brodgar, Comet Stone. In this view the backdrop is not the Black Hill of Warbuster but Linga Fiold (with the Lyking mounds facing us).
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stones and modern pygmies
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stones finger north
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runic sentence stone with foot of Black Hill of Warbuster behind
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sentence in runes on Ring of Brodgar stone honeyed by summer sun- why this stone, do the runes use earlier symbols like we graffiti wall posters etc ???
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pair of stones with The Brecks atop Black Hill of Warbuster in the distance
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Do survey results show a massive prehistoric monument under the water of the Stenness (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Wednesday, 19 October 2011
(User Info | Send a Message) | Survey work in the Loch of Stenness has revealed what could be a massive prehistoric monument lying underwater to the south of the Ring of Brodgar.
The underwater “anomaly” has come to light in a project looking at prehistoric sea level change in Orkney. The project, The Rising Tide: Submerged Landscape of Orkney, is a collaboration between the universities of St Andrews, Wales, Dundee, Bangor and Aberdeen.
But although it is tempting to speculate that the ring-shaped feature, which lies just off the loch’s shore, is the remains of a henge — a circular or oval-shaped flat area enclosed and delimited by a boundary earthwork (usually a ditch with an external bank) — or perhaps a prehistoric quarry, at this stage the project leaders are urging caution.
Orkney-based archaeologist, Caroline Wickham-Jones, a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, explained: “The preliminary results from the high-resolution geophysical sensing are suggesting that there is an unusual ‘object’ in the shallow water just off the shore, but more work is needed before we can identify it or even confirm whether it is a natural, perhaps geological, feature, or something man-made.”
More, with images at
http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2011/10/03/do-survey-results-show-a-massive-prehistoric-monument-under-the-water-of-the-stenness-loch/ | [ Reply to This ]
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Events 2010 (Score: 1)
by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 June 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | Ring of Brodgar Guided Walk, 1 June 2010 to 1 October 2010
Ring Of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge, 1 June 2010 to 1 October 2010
Explore the area around the Ring of Brodgar during a daily guided walk with a ranger and find out the special significance of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney.
Time: Daily at 1 pm
Meet: Ring of Brodgar Car Park
For further information, contact
Historic Scotland Ranger Service
orkneyrangers@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or telephone +44 (0)1856 841 732
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/places/events/event_detail.htm?eventid=28352
Archaeology and birds at Brodgar - A two-in-one, 24 June 2010, 22 July 2010
Archaeology and birds at Brodgar - A two-in-one
Ring Of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge, 24 June 2010, 22 July 2010
Guided walk around the Ring of Brodgar led jointly by the RSPB and rangers. You will learn about the history as well as the array of birds and wildlife around the site.
Time: 2pm
Meet: Ring of Brodgar Car Park
For further information, contact
Historic Scotland Ranger Service
orkneyrangers@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or telephone +44 (0)1856 841 732
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/places/events/event_detail.htm?eventid=28354
Children's Walks at the Ring of Brodgar, 4 July 2010
Children's Walks at the Ring of Brodgar
Ring Of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge, 4 July 2010
Children of all ages are welcome to come on a walk that not only informs but entertains with games and activities.
Time: Daily at 3 pm
Meet: Ring of Brodgar Car Park
For further information, contact
Historic Scotland Ranger Service
orkneyrangers@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or telephone +44 (0)1856 841 732
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/places/events/event_detail.htm?eventid=28364
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Re: Ring of Brodgar (Score: 1)
by DocRock on Monday, 31 May 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | | While "most awe-inspiring prehistoric site in Scotland" is subjective, having visited both Orkney and Lewis, I'd offer the Callanish complex as a major competitor for that epithet! | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Ring of Brodgar (Score: 1)
by howar on Sunday, 09 May 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | Low ~1774 "[Stones of Stenness] not ditched about like ... [Ring of Brodgar]..but surrounded with a raised mound partly raised on the live earth, as the other was cut from it."
Wilson 1842 "the completer... circle of the... Stones of Stennis... as you approach them you pass here and there a solitary stone or broken remnant, as if there had been... a connecting range or approach, all the way from the bridge to the great circle. The latter is encompassed by a still entire mound, surrounded by a foss [sic], and there is a filling up of the foss and a lowering of the mound, just at two entrance places, opposite each other, north and south" | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Brodgar Ring to Feature on New Bank Note (Score: 1)
by howar on Tuesday, 06 October 2009
(User Info | Send a Message) | There were once two mounds by the ring, excavated away by James Farrar in 1861 [or the remains flattened later]. Though he placed these at the west and east sides he more specifically locates them at the NW and NE extremities. An indication of their height is that his men dug 22' deep vertical trenches into the subsoil, the former nine feet square and the latter thereabouts. The only finds from the mounds themselves were animal bones, mostly in the upper parts, but deeply embedded stones were found around the bases.
source : July 27th 1861 "The Orcadian" | [ Reply to This ]
Re: Brodgar Ring to Feature on New Bank Note (Score: 1)
by howar on Saturday, 01 May 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | Pococke 1760
"[from the Ring of Brdgar] There is a single pillar about 50 yards to the North East, and a barrow to the North and South, one to the South West and another to the North East... |
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Re: Brodgar Ring to Feature on New Bank Note (Score: 1)
by AngieLake on Sunday, 01 February 2009
(User Info | Send a Message) | Just checking out the Orkneyjar site and read this:
"Brodgar ring to feature on new bank note
By Sigurd Towrie
Story dated: Friday, january 16, 2009
An image of the Ring of Brodgar will appear on Scottish bank notes later this year."
For more info and a picture of the Scottish £100 note, see this link:
http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/brodgarnote2009.htm | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Archaeologists Try To Date The Orkney Brodgar (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Thursday, 11 December 2008 | There is a fantastic maker of the finest bodhrans just 3 miles away from Brodgar - Belgarth Bodhrans - check them out if you fancy an amazing drum. Mine has the ring portrayed around the edge of the bodhran in very accurate detail - simply beautiful.
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Archaeologists Try To Date The Orkney Brodgar (Score: 1)
by bat400 on Thursday, 11 December 2008
(User Info | Send a Message) | submitted by coldrum --
Archaeological excavations have continued this summer within ‘The Heart of Neolithic Orkney’ World Heritage Site.
The Ring of Brodgar, the third largest standing stone circle in Britain and the Ness of Brodgar, its accompanying settlement site, have been the focus of an investigation funded by Historic Scotland and Orkney Island Council under the direction of Dr Jane Downes (Orkney College UHI) and Dr Colin Richards (Manchester University).
This season saw the anticipated re-opening of Professor Colin Renfrew’s 1973 trenches at the Ring of Brodgar, the impressive monument which is thought to be 4 to 4,500 years old although the date has never been scientifically confirmed.
“Although the excavations 35 years ago were undertaken to obtain dating material and establish chronology, they failed due to the limitations of available dating techniques at the time,” explained archaeologist Dr Jane Downes.
“The advanced new techniques now at our disposal mean that this time our investigations should establish when the Ring of Brodgar was built and help us learn a great deal more about it.”
Trenches were dug to the original ditch cut from bedrock by the builders of the stone circle. No artefacts were expected but a time capsule from the 1970s excavation was a surprise discovery. It is now held at Orkney Museum.
Construction of the ditch surrounding the stone circle was also under investigation. A tomography survey was undertaken to determine if the original circle contained more than the 27 megaliths standing today. The survey revealed empty sockets suggesting the original was made up of at least 60 stones.
However, archaeologists continue to seek an answer for one big question – what was this monument for?
Within viewing distance of the Ring is the Ness of Brodgar, and another excavation funded by, OIC, Orkney College, Friends of Orkney Archaeology Trust, Robert Kiln Trust completed a third season of digging.
This site offers the opportunity to learn more about daily life in Neolithic Orkney and the ties people had to the stone circles. Naturally archaeologists are keen to explore its role and significance.
“The excavation this year again emphasises the importance of this site and its pivotal role in our understanding of the use and development of Brodgar/Stenness/WHS in the Neolithic,” said site director Nick Card of the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology. “Even the dominance of the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar in the landscape seem challenged.”
For for more information about the heritage of Orkney see http://www.orkneyjar.com.
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Digging up the past at ancient stone circle (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, 16 July 2008 | WORK will start next week to unearth the secrets of one of Europe's most important prehistoric sites.
The Ring of Brodgar in Orkney, the third-largest stone circle in the British Isles and thought to date back to 3000-2000BC, is regarded by archaeologists as an outstanding example of Neolithic settlement and has become a popular tourist attraction in the islands.
It is believed it was part of a massive ritual complex but little is known about the monument, including its exact age or purpose. It is hoped part of the mystery will be explained during a month-long programme of investigations by a 15-strong team of archaeologists and scientists from Orkney College, Stirling and Manchester universities and the Scottish Universities Environment Reactor Centre.
The project will involve the re-excavation and extension of trenches dug in 1973. Geophysical surveys will be undertaken to investigate the location of standing stones and other features within the henge monument.
Dr Jane Downes, of Orkney College's archaeology department, one of the project directors, said: "Because so little is known about the Ring of Brodgar, a series of assumptions have taken the place of archaeological data. The interpretation of what is arguably the most spectacular stone circle in Scotland is therefore incomplete and unclear.
"The advanced techniques now at our disposal mean that this time our investigations should establish when the Ring of Brodgar was built and help us learn a great deal more about it."
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Digging--up--the.4243941.jp | [ Reply to This ]
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Stone circle’s secrets to be probed (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Thursday, 10 July 2008
(User Info | Send a Message) | One of Western Europe’s most impressive prehistoric sites and the third largest stone circle in the British Isles - Orkney’s Ring of Brodgar - is the subject of a major archaeological project to start next week.
A month-long programme will be undertaken by a 15-strong team of archaeologists and scientists from Orkney College, the University of The Highlands and Islands, Manchester University, Stirling University and The Scottish Universities Environment Reactor Centre.
Their aim will be to gather information which will enable a much better understanding of the nature of this iconic site.
A Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Property in the Care of the Scottish Government through Historic Scotland, the stone circle is part of ‘The Heart of Neolithic Orkney’ World Heritage Site, inscribed by UNESCO in 1999.
Very little is actually known about this amazing ancient site, including its exact age and purpose.
The last important archaeological studies undertaken on it were in the early 1970s by Professor Lord Colin Renfrew.
Since then, significant developments have taken place in analytical techniques such as dating.
It is therefore hoped the new investigations to retrieve datable material and examine archaeological and palaeo-environmental material, will reveal facts about the Ring of Brodgar and help its mysteries to be unravelled.
The project will involve the re-excavation and extension of trenches dug in 1973.
Geophysical surveys will also be undertaken to investigate the location of standing stones and other features within the circle. Dr Jane Downes of the archaeology department, Orkney College, UHI, and Dr Colin Richards of Manchester University are the project directors who will lead the programme of fieldwork and subsequent analysis of its findings.
Dr Downes said, “Because so little is known about the Ring of Brodgar, a series of assumptions have taken the place of archaeological data.
“The interpretation of what is arguably the most spectacular stone circle in Scotland is therefore incomplete and unclear.”
He added, “The advanced new techniques now at our disposal mean that this time our investigations should establish when the Ring of Brodgar was built and help us learn a great deal more about it.”
Dr Richards said, “At present, even the number of stones in the original circle is uncertain.
“The position of at least 40 can be identified, but there are spaces for 20 more.
“Our investigations will therefore also focus on the architecture of this fascinating ancient site.”
Source:
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2008/07/02/newsstory11590855t0.asp
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History and nature unveiled at the Ring of Brodgar, Summer 2008 (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Tuesday, 27 May 2008
(User Info | Send a Message) | Orkney World Heritage Site Ranger Service play host to free family events this June, delving into the past of the Ring of Brodgar and going back to basics with all things natural. The events demonstrate the diversity of the work of the Ranger Service and the expert knowledge the team has.
Thursday 5 June marks the anniversary of the sinking of the Hampshire and at the Kitchener memorial there will be an outdoor talk where visitors can discover all about this event which rippled through the world as a local, national and international incident. Lord Kitchener was most famous for his line ‘Your Country Needs You’ and details of his life, and how it came to an end, will be explored by the Rangers.
On Saturday 14 June visitors can learn all about the flowers, lichens and insects that can be found at the Ring of Brodgar at Know Your A, Bees and Cs. This event caters for people of all ages who are keen to find out all about the natural side to this historically significant site, and all the mini creatures and plant-life that have surfaced with the warmer weather.
Sandra Miller, Historic Scotland Ranger, said;
“There is a great variety of things for people to see at the Ring of Brodgar, from the archaeology to the natural landscape. At the Ranger Service we are keen to welcome people of all ages for the opportunity to learn a little more about this iconic landscape.”
The Ranger Service also offer free daily guided walks around the Ring of Brodgar, a stunning circle of upright standing stones dating to the Neolithic period, throughout June, July and August at 13.00. On the tour visitors will uncover the history behind the people who created the Ring of Brodgar, the possible reasons for its creation and what it may have been used for.
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/news/mediareleases/news_article.htm?articleid=18600 | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Ring Of Brodgar (Score: 1)
by howar on Monday, 21 April 2008
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Evidence that the (northern end of) the Loch of Stenness at the time of the ring's construction was marshland with a few smaller bodies of water (lochans) cast some doubt on the theory that many of the stones were floated across [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/programmes/orkney/ for April 21st] | [ Reply to This ]
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Brodgar a super-size ring enclosure? (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, 08 March 2006 | | Wideford writes: Just reading again the newspaper account of the excavation of the east and west 'entrance mounds'. And it only just struck me the coincidence that when I was researching Orcadian ring enclosures (in connection with Hillhead) it seems like there was always signs of one or (usually) two mounds under each of these. Is this really how the stone circles of Orkney started out, that the standing stones are a comparative afterthought and we have been misled by comparisons with henges elsewhere. Would explain why there are only two here. And the Ring of Bookan becomes fractionally less enigmatic, the huge fosse no longer indicative of a failed/robbed stone circle but its own thing. | [ Reply to This ]
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by Anonymous on Monday, 26 December 2005 | | hii was up there this summer an incredible place..ive just put some pics on this site..hope you like them | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Ring Of Brodgar (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Sunday, 12 June 2005 | island_girl writes:
At long last after meny years the centree of the ring of Brodgar looks set to be excavated. Already it is showing signs of a village like that of Skara Brae and there are meny finds at this point.
It has long been known that there must be a village near the ring but now it's finally coming to light and everyone here is looking forward to a full excavation. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Ring Of Brodgar (Score: 1)
by island_girl on Thursday, 09 June 2005
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I drive past it almost every day and it still gives me a buzz,Iam so lucky to live on Orkney. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Ring Of Brodgar (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Tuesday, 02 March 2004 | Dateline January 24th 2004.
Intended objectives to 'sort out' the Lochview standing stones and to try and visit the Ring of Bookan. Set off from Kirkwall on the 10.15 bus to reach the Brodgar road junction and caught the 2.30 Stromness bus back. Just over four hours at my "rate of knots". And if you retrace my steps it is likely you would looksee the Barnhouse and Stones of Stenness sites, spend rather more time at the Ring of Brodgar, and would actually go to the Ring of Bookan . So more like a full day if you were foolhardy !
On the bus you pass on the left Tormiston Mill and going from a path on the road opposite that you reach the imposing hill of Maes Howe, a little further along (also on the right) the Barnhouse Stone stands solitary in its own little paddock in a field. Between Maeshowe and Barnhouse you have a glimpse of the Loch of Harray, which was today almost camouflaged white by several dozen swans in contrast to several flocks of geese between here and the other side of the Brodgar road.
On the Brodgar road your travels start. On the right you will see the Stones of Stenness beside the road, with the Barnhouse settlement reached by a path alongside (to come back you will have to retrace your steps as you can't actually reach the church from here). Ahead the Watch Stone stands sentinel on the left just ahead of the Bridge of Brodgar, looming over the road on its little tump. The other side is an unremarked standing stone or somesuch. The Bridge of Brodgar divides the salty Loch of Stenness on the left from the freshwater Loch of Harray on the right. On the former the odd seal or two can often be seen sunning on sumerged rocks. On at least one occasion I saw a family of seals on the small spit of land the other end of the bridge, though it is usually the heron you will find in this area.
Everything from the Bridge of Brodgar up to the region of the stone circle is on the left (the Loch of Harray shoreline is on the road's right , with a fair smattering of gannets in its 'cliffs' in their time ).
The two green (?) huts you first see are Bridgend. After these is the low hill that is down as Brodgar Farm cairn HY304128 and may be broch remains. You can see the scallop scar of excavation but nothing else - if you follow the path around it that skirts the Loch of Stenness the view is even less distinguished! After this comes the hillock/rise on which stand the Lochview Standing Stones. Your first view of this pair sets them against the Lochview Cottage to to make them look for all the world like a modern folly in someone's garden. One mission accomplished. Next up is Brodgar Farm itself, and beside Brodgar Cottage on another hillock a pair of old stone gateposts sit in splendid isolation in apparent imitation of the standing stones' situation.
Further along you come to a wide metal-fence bordered track running at a slight angle (something to do with nature conservation it seems) and along which you approach the Comet Stone group. This consists of the Comet Stone itself and two stone stumps. These latter have been held to be a cove's remains but to me look the wrong distance and not part of a fitting arc . I wonder if the Comet Stone was there first and then much later the present mound built around it for the twa stones to sit in - you can see how the Comet stands in its own seperate circular depression. Certainly the geophysic clutter around the group represents more than the news report of an extra stone . above the group are several low-lying tumuli . The Ring of Brodgar is before you with a big knowe above it .
The 'proper' way to approach the Ring of Brodgar stone circle rather than havering off to the Comet Stone is to continue along the Brodgar road, passing two more knowes on the right, and going through the Historic Scotland entrance on the left. No bikes are allowed and you are meant to keep to the grass track, though today this was awash with water and the new turf hadn't worked in yet. I decid
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Re: Ring Of Brodgar (Score: 1)
by Larry on Friday, 05 October 2001
(User Info | Send a Message) | Damn, what a circle. It's right by the road, there's no one there, it was a beautiful sunny day in late May...
The circle is very large and completely available to anyone who wants to use it. The stones are yours to explore, touch, photograph, enjoy. There are mounds nearby. The site is wonderful. | [ Reply to This ]
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by Anonymous on Tuesday, 13 August 2002 | The walk along the road from the stones of Stenness to Brodgar is also good- though I had sunny weather for it!
Skara Brae is also worth a visit the interpretation centre is great and the site itself is amazing with waves crashing just below. |
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Re: Ring Of Brodgar (Score: 1)
by DocRock on Monday, 31 May 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Maes Howe is also worthwhile to see both for its construction and its Runic inscriptions which include Tree Runes. |
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Re: Ring Of Brodgar--Tree Runes (Score: 1)
by DocRock on Sunday, 03 October 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | I first read about the "Tree Runes" [kvistrūnar] in Monge and Landsverk, _Norse Medieval Cryptography in Runic Carvings_, published in 1967, around 1970. Alf Monge calls the examples from Maeshowe "Tree Runes" in this book.
My copy of Hans Jensen, _Die Schrift in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart_, published in 1935, translated into English by George Unwin, published in 1965 calls them "Branch Runes."
Now David Diringer in his _The Alphabet_ calls them "kvistrūnar" or "Twig Runes" and renders them in German as _Zweigrunen_. While James Février in his _Histoire de l'Écriture_ just renders them as "runes en branche." Consequently, I wonder if the correction proffered was quite necessary or entirely _a propos_? Doc Rock |
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Re: Ring Of Brodgar (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 16 April 2001 | | I have visited the Ring of Brodgar twice over the past ten years and to me it is the most superb site of many, many circles I have seen. Even more amazing than the wonderfully complete standing stones is the ditch or henge which surrounds them. When you consider that it was built by digging with non-metallic implements into solid layers of limestone?Sandstone? ( I am not sure which) and quite to some depth we cannot but marvel at the builders. Richard Sadleir, N.Z. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Ring Of Brodgar (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Tuesday, 03 April 2001 | | This is possibly the most wonderful & evocotive stone circle that I've ever visited (& I've been to a few!) It has a wonderful heather surface inside the circle & it has never been fully excavated - it is also almost complete! Just over the road you also have the Stones of Stromness & as I recall you can almost see Maes Howe Burial mound from there which also has to be the best & most wonderfully complete Burial mound in the UK! I sincerley recommend that you visit these sites if you can - it'll be an experience you never forget! | [ Reply to This ]
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