Standing stones, orthostats, liths or more commonly, megaliths because of their large and cumbersome size, are solitary stones set vertically in the ground. Where they appear in groups together they are known as megalithic monuments and come in many different varieties. standing stones are found throughout the world with no known or documented history.
Standing stones are usually difficult to date but pottery found underneath some in Atlantic Europe connects them with the Beaker people, others in the region appear to be earlier or later however.
Standingstones, orthostats, liths or more commonly, megaliths because of their large and cumbersome size, are solitary stones set vertically in the ground and come in many different varieties.
Standingstones are found throughout the world with no known or documented history.
Standingstones are usually difficult to date but pottery found underneath some in Atlantic Europe connects them with the Beaker people, others in the region appear to be earlier or later however.
The stone circle was originally surrounded by a deep rock-cut ditch (six metres across and 2.4 metres deep), outside of which was a sub stan tial earth bank.
This hearth was constructed from four large stone slabs, and, according to Dr Colin Richards, was transplanted from the nearby Barnhouse settlement to the centre of the stone ring.
Other megaliths in the vicinity, now thought to have been part of the original complex, are the Watchstone, a massive slab of stone that towers over the Brig o' Brodgar, and the Barnhouse Stone, a solitary stone to the south-east, between Maeshowe and the StandingStones.
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