{"id":778,"date":"2014-08-07T19:29:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T23:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/?page_id=778"},"modified":"2014-08-07T19:29:48","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T23:29:48","slug":"stones-of-stenness-orkney-island-scotland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/stone-circles\/stones-of-stenness-orkney-island-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Stones of Stenness, Orkney Island, Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Stenness.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-779\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Stenness.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Stenness.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Stenness-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Stenness-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a>Only three menhirs still stand in this great circle that once had about 12 stones enclosed within a ditch and bank. The site sits at 5 feet of elevation on a small promontory in the &#8220;Heart of Neolithic Orkney&#8221; World Heritage Site. It is dated to around 3100 b.c.e.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining stones are only about 12 inches thick and feature angled tops that have a dramatic effect. The original henge had a north-facing entrance, which looks in the direction of the Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement excavated next to the nearby Loch of Harrary. A large stone (\u201cWatch Stone\u201d) outside the circle is 18 feet high and lies to the northwest of the circle center. It had a twin in its original form.\u00a0 A hearth of a similar type to that found at Barnhouse was excavated at the circle\u2019s center. It contained charcoal, cremated remains, and pottery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only three menhirs still stand in this great circle that once had about 12 stones enclosed within a ditch and bank. The site sits at 5 feet of elevation on a small promontory in the &#8220;Heart of Neolithic Orkney&#8221; World Heritage Site. It is dated to around 3100 b.c.e. The remaining stones are only about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-778","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":781,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778\/revisions\/781"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}