Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past Quotes

“whoever lived on Orkney certainly possessed an uncanny ability to build impressive stone circles. Walking the ceremonial route from Stenness and past the Ness of Brodgar, one sees along the ridge a long line of dark fingers reaching to the sky: the second stone circle, the Ring of Brodgar.”
― Freddy Silva, Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past

“between Orkney and the Shetland Islands to the north.[15”
― Freddy Silva, Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past

“The Ring of Brodgar.”
― Freddy Silva, Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past

“​Four hundred feet to the north-northwest, beside a narrow bridge and barely above sea level, rises another thin, 19 foot-tall slab named the Watch Stone; thirty feet to the southwest lies the stump of its forgotten twin. Like similar standing stones from Brittany to Britain, they are said to enjoy going for a walk at night, and these two were no exception: on New Year’s Day they were believed “to wrench themselves out of their places and roll down the slope to the sea. There having dipped themselves, they return and resume their accustomed position.”[6]”
― Freddy Silva, Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past

“​The circle of Stenness is framed within a massive, slightly elliptical henge, 91 by 105 feet, with an inner ditch cut seven feet deep and thirteen wide into a lone,”
― Freddy Silva, Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past

“Stenness”
― Freddy Silva, Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past

“have experienced hundreds of such temples around the world, yet even in its state of dilapidation Stenness seduces to the point of addiction.”
― Freddy Silva, Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past