About Stone Circle
A stone circle is a circular alignment of standing stones. They are commonly found across Northern Europe and Great Britain and typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age eras, with most concentrations appearing from 3000 BC.
New images of Neolithic burial site near Inverness
... Other sites from the same period in history are close by, and include a Stone Circle at Torbreck and chambered cairn at Culduthel in Inverness...
Thousands welcome summer solstice at Stonehenge
... On the solstice, the sun rises behind the entrance to the Stone Circle, and rays of light are channelled into the centre of the monument...
Visitors can walk on rare coronation floor in socks
... At the centre of the medieval mosaic is a polished Stone Circle with a swirling pattern, surrounded by rings of designs in glass, marble and coloured stone, and this is where the coronation chair will be placed when King Charles is crowned on 6 May...
Nebra Sky Disc: British Museum to display world's 'oldest map of stars'
... " The original purpose of Stonehenge remains a mystery, but the Stone Circle built in about 2,500 BC...
Glastonbury fence-Jumper: It was, as a girl among boys over the top!'
... We went through some of the fields in the vicinity of the Stone Circle late in the night, and through some dense trees and came to a clearing in the vicinity of the first fence...
Glastonbury Festival: 50 Years Of Memories
... 2003: Ali Bird Blagging in the ballroom back in Lost vagueness, bottles of champagne, stay up all night, Stone Circle, sunrise...
2019 news: The alternative end-of-the-year-awards
... the winnersWhen the archaeologists began an investigation into a Stone Circle, found in rural Aberdeenshire, you thought you had old stumbled on a site that for thousands of years...
Cairngorms loch dropped to lowest level in '750 years'
... But four Western Isles sites have been radiocarbon dated to about 3640-3360 BC in the Neolithic period - before the erection of Stonehenge s Stone Circle...
Is Orkney the best place to live in the UK?
The Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle in Orkney at the Winter Solstice
Orkney has taken The Top spot in an annual survey ranking The Best place To Live in the UK - But is it really?
The archipelago which lies 10 miles (16km) off Scotland's North Coast , is famed for its spectacular landscapes and archaeological treasures But it is home to just 22,000 people, spread over 20 inhabitable islands.
The Halifax Bank of Scotland Quality of Life survey ranked it above all other areas of the UK, with Richmondshire in North Yorkshire in second place, followed by Rutland in The East Midlands, Hambleton in North Yorkshire and Eden in Cumbria in fifth place.
Orkney got The Top spot Based on its high employment levels, low crime rate, strong exam results, smaller primary class sizes and good health and happiness scores.
But is it really possible to say that these factors outweigh the difficulties of living on an island, with the problems that brings.
By Huw Williams, Bbc Scotland reporter in Orkney Hoy is one of the 70 islands that Make Up the archipelagoThis survey, like many others before it, takes into account factors like residents' health and Life Expectancy , employment and crime Rates .
And, like many other similar surveys, it gives top place to Orkney .
Organisations which promote the islands will seize on that fact.
And many local people will undoubtedly be proud that Orkney regularly scores well in such league tables.
But there may also be some scepticism - Based largely on what reports like this don't ask about.
They never seem to include things like the cost of living, reliability of transport links, robustness of digital connectivity and levels of fuel poverty.
Even Orkney 's biggest fans would have to concede the results might look rather different if those factors were included.
Peppa the chocolate labrador on Skaill Beach in Orkney Why Orkney ?All the Top Five are relatively sparsely populated, with Orkney averaging just 22 people per kilometre.
Orkney is one of The Best places in the UK to see the aurora borealis Reflections of Scapa Pier, near Kirkwall, Orkney 's main town.Other factors that were judged to be in Orkney 's favour were the affordability of housing (an Average house price of £173,349) and The High employment rate, with almost nine in ten (88%) 16-64 year-olds in work.
The weekly Average earnings in Orkney (£671) were well below some other parts of Scotland and the UK But are slightly above the Average .
Skara Brae is a Unesco world heritage site, which is older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid The Italian Chapel was built by prisoners of war during World War TwoPeople in Orkney also enjoy one of the lowest crime Rates in Scotland, with 5. 9 crimes per 10,000 population, compared to a national Average of 44. 1.
Maybe this is why figures from The Office of National Statistics indicate adults living in Orkney are among The Most happy, satisfied and content in the UK, with low anxiety Rates .
hambleton, carlton (richmondshire), orkney
Source of news: bbc.com
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