Tomorrow the Picts rise before dawn to align their
#megaliths on the
#Solstice. I await the debauchery later in the day.
https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/orkney-sousterrain/?s=mc #travel #prehistory
The Sousterrain — An Underground Pict Dwelling in Orkney
This megalithic era underground Pict dwelling in the Orkney Islands, off the northern coast of Britain, is located in the outskirts of Kirkwall. Today it's in an industrial area, but in Pictish times it was a subterranean dwelling.
Neolithic Orkney
The Heart of Neolithic Orkney, including Maeshowe (or Maes Howe), Ring of Brodgar and Standing Stones of Stennis, Unstan (or Onston) Chambered Cairn. This World Heritage site includes many prehistoric structures and megaliths in Orkney
Tomorrow the Druids rise before dawn to align their
#megaliths on the
#Solstice. I await the debauchery later in the day.
https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/avebury/?s=mc #travel #prehistory
Avebury and its Megaliths
A detailed visit to the great Neolithic stone circle at Avebury, older than Stonehenge. Also the nearby Silbury Hill, West Kennet Long Barrow, and other tumuli and megaliths.
Having got to where I wanted to be in suggesting how people were able to walk from Scotland at Orkney, I need to explain how it happened, and why.
#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2026/06/solving-riddle.html
Solving the Riddle
Solving the Riddle The Riddle of neolithic Orkney is that there are insufficient significant structures on Orkney to support the huge num...
Visiting Stonehenge
A visit to Stonehenge, the great megalithic monument in southern Britain. The earliest construction started around 8000 BC with a ring of posts. Larger monuments were started around 4000 BC.
Archaeologists Found What May Be a Wooden 'Prototype' of Stonehenge, Predating the Famous Stone Monument by 500 Years
Two vanished posts suggest ancient Britons tracked solstices before Stonehenge rose.
Archaeologists Discover Evidence a Wooden Prototype for Stonehenge May Have Aligned With the Solstice 500 Years Before the Stone Circle
The remains of a wooden monument in southern England, three miles away from Stonehenge, may demonstrate Neolithic people's interest in the heavens
They Must Have had Boats!
The Orkney Riddle They Must Have Had Boats ! The persistent belief is that Neolithic people had boats. Sheridan (below) and others, have c...
In case of doubt that the Pentland Firth is, and would have been a significant barrier to unpowered marine transport, in neolithic Britain, or now.
#neolithic #archaeology #orkney #prehistory #SkaraBrae #
#NessofBrodgar https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/12/pentland-firth.html
Pentland Firth
The Orkney Riddle The Pentland Firth The Pentland Firth is the channel of water that separates the Orkney archipelago from Caithness, th...
The Orkney Vole, "unique" to Orkney now, but not always. Related to the European Vole (of Europe), but not to the Common Vole of Britain.
#neolithic #archaeology #orkney #prehistory #SkaraBrae #
#NessofBrodgar https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-orkney-vole.html
The Orkney Vole
Orkney Riddle The Orkney Vole "Orkney vole Microtus arvalis orcadensis The Orkney vole is a sub-species of the common vole and unique to th...
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