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Hi Elanor,
Although with no direct Orkney connection you might be interested in =
this fine example of Neolithic art
Go to=20
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_art_in_the_Prehistoric_era
and click the carved stone ball in section 1.=20
Dave
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Eleanor Lindsay=20
To: NatureNS=20
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:32 AM
Subject: [NatureNS] Orkney's Neolithic Stone Rings
On a completely different aspect of this topic, I was in Orkney in the =
'70s during the early displays of the first discovery of ancient =
dwellings which became exposed at Skara Brae after a major storm tore =
masses of turf off the nearby shoreline, uncovering an entire =
prehistoric village of stone houses with connected walkways. It was not =
hard to understand why this site had been chosen as the nearby cliffs =
around the bay consisted of a type of rock that, to this day still =
appears to shelve off in long slim slabs; these slabs were evident in =
every house and what, for me, remains so memorable was their use for =
everyday needs which were identical to ours today - small horizontal =
slabs inserted at various levels in the walls to provide shelves and, =
most striking of all, rectangular bed frames on the ground consisting of =
narrow strips of the stone slabs for the sides, tall upright slabs for =
the head and slightly smaller ones for the foot of the bed - exactly how =
we still do it today!! And what I saw at that time is only a mere =
fraction of what has been discovered since then...
The other site there that made a deep impression was the standing =
stones circle at the Moor of Brodgar; seeing it there in its (at least =
at that time) splendidly isolated setting looking no different than the =
day it was completed made a very powerful impression that left poor =
beleaguered Stonehenge, with all the traffic whizzing by, way behind.
Orkney is a totally fascinating place to visit, not so much for its =
scenery, but for its spectacularly rich endowment of an amazing variety =
of prehistoric to second world war history.
Eleanor Lindsay
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<DIV>Hi Elanor,</DIV>
<DIV> Although with no direct Orkney connection you =
might be=20
interested in this fine example of Neolithic art</DIV>
<DIV>Go to <BR><A=20
href=3D"">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_art_in_the_Prehistoric_er=
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click the carved stone ball in section 1. </DIV>
<DIV>Dave<BR></DIV>
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Lindsay</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Orkney's =
Neolithic=20
Stone Rings</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3D+1>On a completely different aspect of =
this topic, I=20
was in Orkney in the '70s during the early displays of the first =
discovery of=20
ancient dwellings which became exposed at Skara Brae after a major =
storm tore=20
masses of turf off the nearby shoreline, uncovering an entire =
prehistoric=20
village of stone houses with connected walkways. It was not hard to =
understand=20
why this site had been chosen as the nearby cliffs around the bay =
consisted of=20
a type of rock that, to this day still appears to shelve off in long =
slim=20
slabs; these slabs were evident in every house and what, for me, =
remains so=20
memorable was their use for everyday needs which were identical to =
ours today=20
- small horizontal slabs inserted at various levels in the walls to =
provide=20
shelves and, most striking of all, rectangular bed frames on the =
ground=20
consisting of narrow strips of the stone slabs for the sides, tall =
upright=20
slabs for the head and slightly smaller ones for the foot of the bed - =
exactly=20
how we still do it today!! And what I saw at that time is only a mere =
fraction=20
of what has been discovered since then...<BR>The other site there that =
made a=20
deep impression was the standing stones circle at the Moor of Brodgar; =
seeing=20
it there in its (at least at that time) splendidly isolated setting =
looking no=20
different than the day it was completed made a very powerful =
impression that=20
left poor beleaguered Stonehenge, with all the traffic whizzing by, =
way=20
behind.<BR><BR>Orkney is a totally fascinating place to visit, not so =
much for=20
its scenery, but for its spectacularly rich endowment of an amazing =
variety of=20
prehistoric to second world war history.<BR><BR>Eleanor=20
Lindsay<BR></FONT><A></A>
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