The Heart of Neolithic Orkney
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nor Thern Ireland
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Mainland Orkney, Scotland
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Группа неолитических памятников в Оркнее состоит из большого захоронения, двух церемониальных каменных кругов. Эти памятники являются центром доисторического культурного ландшафта, который иллюстрирует образ жизни на этом отдаленном архипелаге на севере от Шотландии 5,000 лет назад.
Inscribed :1999
Criteria:C (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
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 nor Thern Europe.
Brief 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), toge Ther 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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