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Ring of Brogar is a Neolithic henge monument and stone circle situated on the Orkney Mainland, Scotland, dating to approximately 2500 to 2000 BC. The site comprises a substantial circular ditch with outer and inner banks enclosing a ring of standing stones, of which twenty-seven remain upright from an original estimated total of sixty. The monument occupies a prominent position on the isthmus between the Lochs of Stenness and Harray, and forms part of a significant ceremonial landscape that includes the nearby Standing Stones of Stenness and other ritual monuments. The Ring of Brogar represents one of the finest examples of a Neolithic henge in northern Britain and demonstrates the considerable organisational capacity and labour investment of Orkney's prehistoric communities.
Ring of Brogar, stone circle, henge and nearby remains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90042. View the official record →
Ring of Brogar is a Neolithic henge monument and stone circle situated on the Orkney Mainland, Scotland, dating to approximately 2500 to 2000 BC. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90042.
Ring of Brogar, stone circle, henge and nearby remains dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a stone circle, henge and nearby remains. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ring of Brogar, stone circle, henge and nearby remains is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM90042.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Little Barnhouse, mound, 160m NE of (1.9 km), Cummi Howe, broch (3.3 km), Hall of Ireland, cairns 320m NW of (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Ring of Brogar, stone circle, henge and nearby remains's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Ring of Brogar, stone circle, henge and nearby remains stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.