Dating to 3350 BCE, the Stones of Stenness on Orkney are the UK’s oldest known henge monument. Once surrounded by a water-filled ditch, with links to Skara Brae and the Ring of Brodgar, the site ...
Predating Stonehenge by centuries, the Stones of Stenness form Britain’s earliest henge monument. Built around 3,300 BCE, the circle once stood beside ritual villages and sacred water ditches.