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  • Thumbnail for Heart of Neolithic Orkney
    Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a group of Neolithic monuments on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The name was adopted by UNESCO when it proclaimed...
    6 KB (581 words) - 17:22, 17 June 2023
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    as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. The Ring of Brodgar (or Brogar, or Ring o' Brodgar) is a Neolithic henge and stone circle in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland...
    18 KB (2,024 words) - 18:28, 28 May 2024
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    complete Neolithic village. Skara Brae gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status as one of four sites making up "The Heart of Neolithic Orkney".a Older...
    34 KB (3,780 words) - 16:35, 8 May 2024
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    occupied by Mesolithic and Neolithic tribes and then by the Picts. Orkney was colonised and later annexed by the Kingdom of Norway in 875 and settled...
    144 KB (13,930 words) - 06:54, 16 May 2024
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    The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. This may be the oldest henge...
    12 KB (1,257 words) - 22:05, 3 January 2024
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    main island of Orkney, Scotland. Both of Orkney's burghs, Kirkwall and Stromness, lie on the island, which is also the heart of Orkney's ferry and air...
    24 KB (2,876 words) - 05:09, 10 April 2024
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    societies in Orkney would have been considerable. The assemblage of monumental Neolithic structures in Orkney is without parallel in the United Kingdom, and the...
    50 KB (6,488 words) - 12:40, 30 April 2024
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    islands of Orkney that lies off the north coast of mainland Scotland. With an area of 50.43 km2 (19.5 sq mi), it is the third largest of the Orkney Islands...
    31 KB (3,568 words) - 15:33, 19 December 2023
  • Orkney, in Scotland, in the United Kingdom. During its lifetime, the Society published 15 volumes of Proceedings, the last being in 1939. An Orkney Research...
    3 KB (315 words) - 19:43, 19 April 2022
  • artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh on the obverse and images of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney on the reverse. Clydesdale Bank began issuing £100 notes in 1838...
    5 KB (341 words) - 12:32, 7 March 2024
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    Hoy (from Old Norse Háey, meaning "high island") is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring 143 square kilometres (55 sq mi) – the second largest in the...
    19 KB (2,387 words) - 12:06, 17 May 2024
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    Eday (redirect from Eday, Orkney)
    life in Orkney, but the later assemblage of houses and monumental Neolithic structures in the archipelago is without parallel in the United Kingdom. Vinquoy...
    34 KB (4,058 words) - 01:53, 24 February 2024
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    Planning Act (Scotland) 1947. Within the United Kingdom are the ruins of prehistoric structures and ancient neolithic settlements. The architecture of ancient...
    39 KB (3,987 words) - 01:06, 10 May 2024
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    prehistoric remains in Orkney, especially from the Neolithic period. Four of these remains comprise the Heart of Neolithic Orkney UNESCO World Heritage...
    61 KB (6,551 words) - 12:36, 30 April 2024
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    August 2009 Great Spas of Europe, UNESCO, retrieved 25 July 2021 Heart of Neolithic Orkney, UNESCO, retrieved 28 July 2009 Henderson Island, UNESCO, retrieved...
    54 KB (1,967 words) - 12:45, 5 May 2024
  • UHI Archaeology Institute (category Education in Orkney)
    Archaeologists. Tourism is a key component of Orkney's economy, with 700,000 visiting the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site between 2014 and 2020...
    6 KB (461 words) - 10:52, 19 December 2023
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    has taken place. New Lanark St Kilda Edinburgh Antonine Wall Heart of Neolithic Orkney Forth Bridge The six existing sites are mapped to the right and...
    24 KB (2,519 words) - 09:50, 25 April 2024
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    Devon Coast Durham Frontiers of the Roman Empire Giant's Causeway Heart of Neolithic Orkney Ironbridge Gorge New Lanark Old and New Towns of Edinburgh Pontcysyllte...
    33 KB (3,516 words) - 18:35, 15 April 2024
  • structures that survive in the Orkney islands of Scotland, some of the best known of which are part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. The...
    82 KB (2,732 words) - 11:49, 27 May 2024
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    Westray (category Islands of the Orkney Islands)
    2015. "Orkney Venus closes in on key prize 5,000 years after Neolithic creation". The Scotsman. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010. "Orkney Venus"....
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