Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row
Late Neolithic (3100–2700 BCE)·Grooved Ware·🇬🇧 Orkney, Mainland, Stenness, Brodgar Ness, United Kingdom
About
About Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row
Ness perimeter row revealed in N. Card excavations 2010, linking to earlier Brodgar farm enclosure.
Why it mattersKey Grooved Ware megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Defensive stronghold
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3100 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic (3100–2700 BCE)
- Culture
- Grooved Ware
- Purpose
- Small stone row flanking Ness of Brodgar wall — field system edge
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1912
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3100 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row
c. 1500 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row
On the ground
Structures & features
59.0020° N · 3.2130° W · 10 m · 3 mapped features
Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row — Principal Standing Stone
standing stonestanding stone at Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row — primary structure
59.0022° N · 3.2145° WBrodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row — Northern Chamber
chamberchamber at Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row — primary structure
59.0008° N · 3.2125° WBrodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row — Southern Cairn
cairncairn at Brodgar — Ness Breck Stone Row — primary structure
59.0038° N · 3.2129° W