Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Mainland Orkney, Scotland
Multiple locations
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Identifier |
514 |
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states |
gb |
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category |
cultural |
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criteria |
(i)(ii)(iii)(iv) |
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Title |
heart of neolithic orkney |
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latitude |
58.9960556030 |
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longitude |
-3.1886670589 |
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location |
mainland orkney, scotland
multiple locations |
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Region |
europe and north america |
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year |
1999 |
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unique number |
2125 |
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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. |
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justification |
criteria (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv): the monuments of orkney, dating back to 3000-2000 bc, are outstanding testimony to the cultural achievements of the neolithic peoples of northern europe. |
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