Standing Stones of Stenness
The Standing Stones of Stenness are a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monument
- Description: henge in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Stones of Stenness”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barnhouse Settlement and Watch Stone.
Barnhouse Settlement
Grassland
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The Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement is sited by the shore of Loch of Harray, Orkney Mainland, Scotland, not far from the Standing Stones of Stenness, about 5 miles north-east of Stromness. Barnhouse Settlement is situated 680 feet north of Standing Stones of Stenness.
Watch Stone
Archaeological site
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Watch Stone is an archaeological site, which is situated 660 feet northwest of Standing Stones of Stenness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stenness and Cairston.
Stenness
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Stenness is a small, scattered village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, on the A965 main road between Kirkwall and Stromness. It has several UNESCO World Heritage Listed neolithic sights: the Stones, Maeshowe and Ring of Brodgar, with Skara Brae a few miles further north.
Cairston
Locality
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Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Cairston is situated 2½ miles west of Standing Stones of Stenness.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
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Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 3 miles southwest of Standing Stones of Stenness.
Standing Stones of Stenness
- Categories: archaeological site and henge
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Standing Stones of Stenness” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Roques de Stenness”
- Basque: “Stennesseko Harkaitzak”
- Catalan: “Roques de Stenness”
- Cebuano: “Standing Stones of Stenness”
- Chinese: “斯丹尼斯石柱”
- Chinese: “斯丹尼斯立石”
- Danish: “Standing Stones of Stenness”
- Dutch: “Stones of Stennes”
- Dutch: “Stones of Stenness”
- Esperanto: “Ŝtonoj de Stenness”
- French: “pierres levées de Stenness”
- French: “Pierres levées de Stenness”
- French: “Stenness Standing Stones”
- French: “Stones of Stenness”
- German: “Standing Stones of Stanness”
- German: “Standing Stones of Stenness”
- German: “Stones of Stenness”
- Greek: “Standing Stones of Stenness”
- Greek: “Λίθοι του Στέννες”
- Greek: “Ορθόλιθοι του Στέννες”
- Hebrew: “האבנים הניצבות בסטנס”
- Italian: “pietre erette di Stenness”
- Italian: “Pietre erette di Stenness”
- Japanese: “ストーンズ・オブ・ステネス”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De stående steiner ved Stenness”
- Norwegian: “De stående steiner ved Stenness”
- Persian: “سنگهای ایستاده استنس”
- Polish: “Megality ze Stenness”
- Russian: “Камни Стеннес”
- Russian: “Мегалиты Стеннеса”
- Scots: “Staundin Stanes o Stenness”
- Slovenian: “Stones of Stenness”
- Spanish: “Circulo de rocas de Stenness”
- Spanish: “Círculo de rocas de Stenness”
- Spanish: “Piedras de Stenness”
- Spanish: “Rocas de Stenness”
- Spanish: “Stenness”
- Swedish: “Stones of Stenness”
- Ukrainian: “Мегаліти Стеннеса”
- Welsh: “Meini Stenness”
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