Stenness
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Ring of Brodgar and Maeshowe.
Ring of Brodgar
Heath
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The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney.
Maeshowe
Protected area
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Maeshowe is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was probably built around 2800 BC. In the archaeology of Scotland, it gives its name to the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, which is limited to Orkney.
Standing Stones of Stenness
Archaeological site
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Cairston.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.
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 Stenness.
Firth
Locality
Firth is a civil parish mainly on Mainland, Orkney. The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish. Firth is situated 3½ miles northeast of Stenness.
Stenness
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.986° or 58° 59′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.2113° or 3° 12′ 41″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9CCRXQPQ+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 1890136104OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Stenness” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Stenness”
- Dutch: “Stenness”
- French: “Stenness”
- Italian: “Stenness”
- Turkish: “Stenness”
- Uzbek: “Stenners”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Stenness”. Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.