Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Exceptional Testimony to an Important Indigenous Cultural Tradition
The Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a collection of Neolithic monuments on Mainland Island, Orkney. The monument consists of the tomb of Maes Howea, the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar (two ceremonial stone circles) and the remains of the prehistoric village of Skara Brae. According to UNESCO, The group constitutes a major prehistoric cultural landscape which gives a graphic depiction of life in this remote archipelago in the far north of Scotland some 5,000 years ago. - AsNotedIn