Ring of Brodgar
The ring of Brodgar (according to Ordnance Survey , formerly Brogar ) is a henge (class II henge) with a circular stone setting inside. With a diameter of 104 m, it is larger than Stonehenge . Of the original 60 stones, 27 are still preserved. It is probably 2700 BC. BC originated.
location
It is located on Mainland , the main island of Orkney , an archipelago north of Scotland . The ring lies between the Loch of Stenness and the Loch of Harray . Nearby are:
- Stones of Stenness , a class I henge with a ditch and a round stone setting made of strikingly large sandstone slabs inside and a central stone setting
- the Neolithic settlement of Barnhouse
- the Ring of Bookan , probably also a Class-I-Henge-Monument, the wall of which however has disappeared due to agricultural cultivation of the area
- as well as some quite large standing stones ( Comet Stone , Bridge Stone , Watchstone , Barnhouse Stone ) and the Passage Tomb by Maes Howe .
All monuments are part of The Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site .
The area of Vestra Fiold, a hill north of Skara Brae , has been identified as the quarry from which the stones for the Rings of Brodgar and Stennes originally came .
Six short stone boxes and one carved stone were found on Brodgar Farm, southeast of the stone circle .
Runes
The Brodgar runes were found in 1907 during the erection of a fallen stone. The runes were discovered on the side that had been on the ground. The style of runes used is known as two runes . The attempt to read the Brodgar inscription using the normal method of deciphering branch runes failed.
literature
- Aubrey Burl : Great stone circles. Fables, fiction, facts. Yale University Press, New Haven CT et al. 1999, ISBN 0-300-07689-4 .
- Aubrey Burl: From Carnac to Callanish. The Prehistoric Stone Rows and Avenues of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press, New Haven CT et al. 1993, ISBN 0-300-05575-7 .
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
Web links
- http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/brodgar/
- http://www.stonepages.com/scotland/scotland.html
- http://www.visitorkney.com/
- http://www.orkneyjar.com/runes/twig.htm
- Roff Smith: A Temple of the Stone Age (spiegel.de August 17, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the literature it is consistently called dressed slabs , i.e. broken natural stone slabs ; from dressed (tech.) = beaten off, (mont.) = broken and slab = (tech.) plate, (geol./mont.) (natural) stone plate
- ↑ Entry on Brodgar Farm in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Coordinates: 59 ° 0 '5.5 " N , 3 ° 13' 48.8" W.