Standing Stones of Stenness

Explore Orkney’s Neolithic heritage at the Standing Stones of Stenness, a site that is part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Heart of Neolithic Orkney. These four massive megaliths, remnants of an original circle of 12, stand as a testament to a history potentially dating back 5,000 years, making them possibly the oldest stone circles on the British Isles. Visitors can walk among these towering stones, feeling the weight of millennia and imagining the rituals and gatherings that once took place here.