The Ring of Brodgar

I showed you my pictures of Skara Brae, but another great archaeological site I saw on my trip to Orkney was the stone circle called the Ring of Brodgar. This is located nearby:

But unlike Skara Brae it’s not on the west shore, on the Norwegian Sea. Instead, it’s on a small isthmus between the Loch of Stenness and the Loch of Harray—a natural point for travelers to pass:

photo by Jim Richardson

Most of the megalithic structures on the British Isles do not contain stone circles. The three m...