Heart of Neolithic Orkney
UNESCO Map
Description: The group of Neolithic monuments on Orkney consists of a large chambered tomb (Maes Howe), two ceremonial stone circles (the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar) and a settlement (Skara Brae), together with a number of unexcavated burial, ceremonial and settlement sites. The group constitutes a major prehistoric cultural landscape which gives a graphic depiction of life in this remote archipelago in the far north of Scotland some 5,000 years ago.
Date inscribed: 1999.0
Area in hectares: 15
Category specified: Cultural
State: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Region: Europe and North America