Antiquities

   

   
  Ancient dwelling excavated in grassy area Ring of standing stones Hannah touching a standing stone
  Skara Brae
Neolithic, over 5,000 years old

  The Ring of Brodgar
Neolithic, 4,400 to 4,600 years old
Clava Cairns
Bronze age, about 4,000 years old
    Carving of monster with snake   Ruin of nunnery  

The biggest advantage of a tour: we never would have seen all these marvels if we were left to our own devices.

More about each of these ancient sites anon.

 
       
Pictish stone
4th or 5th century

Picts are descendents of Iron Age tribes.
  Iona Abbey
First established in 563
The oldest Christian site in the British Isles
 
 
 



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