Looking north-west from the Ring of Brodgar neolithic stone circle, Mainland, Orkney

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Part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, the Ring of Brodgar is a neolithic stone circle in the West Mainland parish of Stenness. It stands on an eastward-sloping plateau on the Ness of Brodgar - a thin strip of land separating the Harray and Stenness lochs. With a diameter of metres (340 ft) it is the third largest stone circle in the British Isles. It is generally assumed to have been erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC.

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Location: Ring of Brodgar, Mainland, Orkney Islands
Photo credit: © Diarmid Weir / Alamy / Afripics
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