- The Orkney Bronze Age Monuments are located on the Mainland, in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
- They constitute The ‘Heart of Neolithic Orkney’, a Unesco World Heritage Site since December 1999 CE.
The Sites
- Skara Brae (c.3,200-2,500 BCE)
- A Neolithic village of ten stone houses.
- Standing Stones of Stenness (c.3,000 BCE)
- The remains of a circular Henge Monument with originally 12 standing stones formed into an ellipse, of which only 4 stones remain today.
- Maeshowe (c.2,800 BCE)
- A Passage Grave inside a large Mound, where the Sun aligns into the inner chamber on the Winter Solstice.
- Ring of Brodgar (c.2,500-2,000 BCE)
- The remains of a Henge Monument with originally 60 stones set in a circle, of which only 27 remain today.
Bronze Age Monuments
Ring of Brodgar, Orkney Islands: