purplecat: Averbury Stone Circle.  A large stone close by and smaller markers leading away. (General:Prehistory)
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Large Circle of tall thin stones against the sky.
The Ring of Brodgar is a large henge on Orkney with twenty-seven of a possible sixty standing stones. Unlike many standing stone monuments the stones are not set that deep into the ground - and many have been re-erected at some point - leading to speculation that it was never intended as a static monument but one in which stones were continually erected and changed. It is possible that the stones themselves are later additions to the original ditch.



It was a bit tricky to photograph - partly because there was no access inside the ditch.

Stone circle in the far distance against the sky line.
Curve of a stone circle and a ditch on the left.
Stone circle on the right.  People to the left.
Stone circle curving away.  One stone silhouetted against the sky.
Standing stone in the centre.  Two smaller ones either side.
Four standing stones and a ditch.
Ditch and standing stones, one tall one to the left against the sky.
Half a circle of standing stones.
Half a circle of standing stones.
Standing stones against the sky.
Standing stones against the sky.
Standing stones the left with a ditch curving round.

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