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The Neolithic Migration into Orkney

My best guess for how the Migration of people in Neolithic Britain accessed Orkney, how the land that they walked over was eroded away, and how some people remained on Orkney as castaways,  building some of the most evocative structures in the Neolithic world.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/neolithic-migration-to-orkney.html

The Neolithic Migration into Orkney

My best guess for how the Migration of people in Neolithic Britain accessed Orkney, how the land that they walked over was eroded away, and how some people remained on Orkney as castaways,  building some of the most evocative structures in the Neolithic world.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/neolithic-migration-to-orkney.html

The Neolithic Migration into Orkney

My best guess for how the Migration of people in Neolithic Britain accessed Orkney, how the land that they walked over was eroded away, and how some people remained on Orkney as castaways,  building some of the most evocative structures in the Neolithic world.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/neolithic-migration-to-orkney.html

The Neolithic Migration into Orkney

My best guess for how the Migration of people in Neolithic Britain accessed Orkney, how the land that they walked over was eroded away, and how some people remained on Orkney as castaways,  building some of the most evocative structures in the Neolithic world.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/neolithic-migration-to-orkney.html

The Neolithic Migration into Orkney

My best guess for how the Migration of people in Neolithic Britain accessed Orkney, how the land that they walked over was eroded away, and how some people remained on Orkney as castaways,  building some of the most evocative structures in the Neolithic world.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/neolithic-migration-to-orkney.html

The #Pentland Firth is the stretch of water that separates the north of #Scotland from #Orkney.

It is a temperamental passage of water.

Proper archaeologists believe that #Neolithic people migrated to Orkney, across the Firth in boats, to live in #skarabrae and the #NessOfBrodgar.

I'm not a proper archaeologist!

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Brodgar #Skara

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/12/pentland-firth.html

The #Pentland Firth is the stretch of water that separates the north of #Scotland from #Orkney.

It is a temperamental passage of water.

Proper archaeologists believe that #Neolithic people migrated to Orkney, across the Firth in boats, to live in #skarabrae and the #NessOfBrodgar.

I'm not a proper archaeologist!

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Brodgar #Skara

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/12/pentland-firth.html

The #Pentland Firth is the stretch of water that separates the north of #Scotland from #Orkney.

It is a temperamental passage of water.

Proper archaeologists believe that #Neolithic people migrated to Orkney, across the Firth in boats, to live in #skarabrae and the #NessOfBrodgar.

I'm not a proper archaeologist!

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Brodgar #Skara

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/12/pentland-firth.html

The #Pentland Firth is the stretch of water that separates the north of #Scotland from #Orkney.

It is a temperamental passage of water.

Proper archaeologists believe that #Neolithic people migrated to Orkney, across the Firth in boats, to live in #skarabrae and the #NessOfBrodgar.

I'm not a proper archaeologist!

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Brodgar #Skara

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/12/pentland-firth.html

The #Pentland Firth is the stretch of water that separates the north of #Scotland from #Orkney.

It is a temperamental passage of water.

Proper archaeologists believe that #Neolithic people migrated to Orkney, across the Firth in boats, to live in #skarabrae and the #NessOfBrodgar.

I'm not a proper archaeologist!

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Brodgar #Skara

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/12/pentland-firth.html

I've been told that my theory about neolithic people walking from Caithness to Orkney was not possible, not logical, and not feasible by the great, and by the ordinary.

It didn't stop me. It just made me more determined to root out evidence that strengthened my theory.

I was always very sympathetic to my detractors though, because it is a bizarre idea!

#neolithic #archaeology #Orkney #skarabrea #Brodgar

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-bizarre-idea.html

I've been told that my theory about neolithic people walking from Caithness to Orkney was not possible, not logical, and not feasible by the great, and by the ordinary.

It didn't stop me. It just made me more determined to root out evidence that strengthened my theory.

I was always very sympathetic to my detractors though, because it is a bizarre idea!

#neolithic #archaeology #Orkney #skarabrea #Brodgar

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-bizarre-idea.html

I've been told that my theory about neolithic people walking from Caithness to Orkney was not possible, not logical, and not feasible by the great, and by the ordinary.

It didn't stop me. It just made me more determined to root out evidence that strengthened my theory.

I was always very sympathetic to my detractors though, because it is a bizarre idea!

#neolithic #archaeology #Orkney #skarabrea #Brodgar

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-bizarre-idea.html

I've been told that my theory about neolithic people walking from Caithness to Orkney was not possible, not logical, and not feasible by the great, and by the ordinary.

It didn't stop me. It just made me more determined to root out evidence that strengthened my theory.

I was always very sympathetic to my detractors though, because it is a bizarre idea!

#neolithic #archaeology #Orkney #skarabrea #Brodgar

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-bizarre-idea.html

I've been told that my theory about neolithic people walking from Caithness to Orkney was not possible, not logical, and not feasible by the great, and by the ordinary.

It didn't stop me. It just made me more determined to root out evidence that strengthened my theory.

I was always very sympathetic to my detractors though, because it is a bizarre idea!

#neolithic #archaeology #Orkney #skarabrea #Brodgar

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-bizarre-idea.html

At around 4000BC neolithic people migrated from southern Europe to Belgium, bringing sheep, dogs, and pottery, and then onto England, Scotland, Ireland, Shetland, and Orkney. They arrived at Orkney and Shetland in 3500BC. How did they cross the English Channel, the Irish Sea, the Pentland Firth? They must have had boats.
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/they-must-have-had-boats.html
#archaeology #neolithic #Orkney #skarabrae #Brodgar

At around 4000BC neolithic people migrated from southern Europe to Belgium, bringing sheep, dogs, and pottery, and then onto England, Scotland, Ireland, Shetland, and Orkney. They arrived at Orkney and Shetland in 3500BC. How did they cross the English Channel, the Irish Sea, the Pentland Firth? They must have had boats.
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/they-must-have-had-boats.html
#archaeology #neolithic #Orkney #skarabrae #Brodgar

At around 4000BC neolithic people migrated from southern Europe to Belgium, bringing sheep, dogs, and pottery, and then onto England, Scotland, Ireland, Shetland, and Orkney. They arrived at Orkney and Shetland in 3500BC. How did they cross the English Channel, the Irish Sea, the Pentland Firth? They must have had boats.
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/they-must-have-had-boats.html
#archaeology #neolithic #Orkney #skarabrae #Brodgar

At around 4000BC neolithic people migrated from southern Europe to Belgium, bringing sheep, dogs, and pottery, and then onto England, Scotland, Ireland, Shetland, and Orkney. They arrived at Orkney and Shetland in 3500BC. How did they cross the English Channel, the Irish Sea, the Pentland Firth? They must have had boats.
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/they-must-have-had-boats.html
#archaeology #neolithic #Orkney #skarabrae #Brodgar

At around 4000BC neolithic people migrated from southern Europe to Belgium, bringing sheep, dogs, and pottery, and then onto England, Scotland, Ireland, Shetland, and Orkney. They arrived at Orkney and Shetland in 3500BC. How did they cross the English Channel, the Irish Sea, the Pentland Firth? They must have had boats.
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/they-must-have-had-boats.html
#archaeology #neolithic #Orkney #skarabrae #Brodgar

Printed monochrome postcard showing the "Stones of Stennis", or the Ring of Brodgar on Mainland, Orkney. Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd of Dundee & London in the Valentine's Series. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1905.

#RingOfBrodgar #Brodgar #Orkney #StoneCircles #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday

Printed monochrome postcard showing the "Stones of Stennis", or the Ring of Brodgar on Mainland, Orkney. Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd of Dundee & London in the Valentine's Series. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1905.

#RingOfBrodgar #Brodgar #Orkney #StoneCircles #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday

Printed monochrome postcard showing the "Stones of Stennis", or the Ring of Brodgar on Mainland, Orkney. Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd of Dundee & London in the Valentine's Series. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1905.

#RingOfBrodgar #Brodgar #Orkney #StoneCircles #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday

Printed monochrome postcard showing the "Stones of Stennis", or the Ring of Brodgar on Mainland, Orkney. Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd of Dundee & London in the Valentine's Series. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1905.

#RingOfBrodgar #Brodgar #Orkney #StoneCircles #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday

Printed monochrome postcard showing the "Stones of Stennis", or the Ring of Brodgar on Mainland, Orkney. Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd of Dundee & London in the Valentine's Series. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1905.

#RingOfBrodgar #Brodgar #Orkney #StoneCircles #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday

We found this A/P etching by Dennis Ward in a vintage place in Leith today. Titled ‘Confrontation at Brodgar, Orkney’, it has a brooding light-and-darkness quality reminiscent of many of Orkney’s landscapes.

It turns out Ward was latterly Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies at Edinburgh University, and in fact the first Professor of Russian there, and was chair of Edinburgh Printmakers in the late 1990s.

#DennisWard #Etching #Printmaking #EdinburghPrintmakers #Orkney #Brodgar #RingOfBrodgar

We found this A/P etching by Dennis Ward in a vintage place in Leith today. Titled ‘Confrontation at Brodgar, Orkney’, it has a brooding light-and-darkness quality reminiscent of many of Orkney’s landscapes.

It turns out Ward was latterly Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies at Edinburgh University, and in fact the first Professor of Russian there, and was chair of Edinburgh Printmakers in the late 1990s.

#DennisWard #Etching #Printmaking #EdinburghPrintmakers #Orkney #Brodgar #RingOfBrodgar

We found this A/P etching by Dennis Ward in a vintage place in Leith today. Titled ‘Confrontation at Brodgar, Orkney’, it has a brooding light-and-darkness quality reminiscent of many of Orkney’s landscapes.

It turns out Ward was latterly Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies at Edinburgh University, and in fact the first Professor of Russian there, and was chair of Edinburgh Printmakers in the late 1990s.

#DennisWard #Etching #Printmaking #EdinburghPrintmakers #Orkney #Brodgar #RingOfBrodgar

We found this A/P etching by Dennis Ward in a vintage place in Leith today. Titled ‘Confrontation at Brodgar, Orkney’, it has a brooding light-and-darkness quality reminiscent of many of Orkney’s landscapes.

It turns out Ward was latterly Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies at Edinburgh University, and in fact the first Professor of Russian there, and was chair of Edinburgh Printmakers in the late 1990s.

#DennisWard #Etching #Printmaking #EdinburghPrintmakers #Orkney #Brodgar #RingOfBrodgar

@theguardian_science
"Did the Neolithic builders of the megalithic stone circles intend to express pi?" 2012.03.14
https://jqjacobs.net/archaeology/stonehenge/stonehenge_pi.html
#Stonehenge #Avebury #Orkney #Brodgar #Archaeology #Neolithic #Megaliths

@theguardian_science
"Did the Neolithic builders of the megalithic stone circles intend to express pi?" 2012.03.14
https://jqjacobs.net/archaeology/stonehenge/stonehenge_pi.html
#Stonehenge #Avebury #Orkney #Brodgar #Archaeology #Neolithic #Megaliths

@theguardian_science
"Did the Neolithic builders of the megalithic stone circles intend to express pi?" 2012.03.14
https://jqjacobs.net/archaeology/stonehenge/stonehenge_pi.html
#Stonehenge #Avebury #Orkney #Brodgar #Archaeology #Neolithic #Megaliths

@theguardian_science
"Did the Neolithic builders of the megalithic stone circles intend to express pi?" 2012.03.14
https://jqjacobs.net/archaeology/stonehenge/stonehenge_pi.html
#Stonehenge #Avebury #Orkney #Brodgar #Archaeology #Neolithic #Megaliths

Ring of Brodgar

One of the many 'must see' places on the Orkney's are the Ring of Brodgar. The Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge is an enormous ceremonial site

https://wulliebroon.com/ring-of-brodgar/

#Islands #Orkneys #brodgar #orkney #Scotland #StandingStones