Last month, it was revealed that the massive six-tonne stone at the heart of ... that it came from Orkney due to its Neolithic culture with the Ring of Brodgar and Stones of Stenness.

Nestled between two lakes on the remote Orkney archipelago ... from two of the most significant Neolithic stone circle monuments: the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar, each ...

Sheep graze among the Stones of Stenness, which may have been a ... forming the core of a World Heritage site called the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. On a heather-clad knoll half a mile away rises ...

But in a surprising twist, a new analysis suggests that the stone didn’t originate from Orkney, an archipelago off Scotland’s northeastern coast that’s home to 5,000-year-old Neolithic sites.

Topping the list are the Orkney Islands. Orkney is said to have been inhabited for more than 8,000 years, with Neolithic ... is arguably the Standing Stones of Stenness. Situated five miles ...

The individual sites that form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney (Skara Brae, Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge, Maeshowe Chambered Cairn, and the Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge ...

The site is part of the “Heart of Neolithic Orkney,” a UNESCO-listed site that includes the Ring of Brodgar and the Standing Stones of Stenness. Orkney's wilderness, with its windswept cliffs ...

Professor Bevins told MailOnline: 'Orkney was a major cultural centre in Neolithic ... composition of the stones in Orkney's two biggest stone circles: the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of ...