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Standing Stones of Stenness

a Pleiades place resource

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The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland, generally dated to the third millennium BC.

500 km

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/203544459

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
58.9940343764, -3.20807992295

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location: Stones of Stenness (3000 BC - 1000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Standing Stones of Stenness (English, modern)

Standing Stones of Stenness makes connections with:

Standing Stones of Stenness connection Orcades (islands) (unspecified date range)

Standing Stones of Stenness receives connections from:

None

Place type:
monument

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Related:

Wikidata Q1478558: Stones of Stenness

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Standing Stones of Stenness: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/203544459> [accessed: 26 March 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/203544459 |title=Places: 203544459 (Standing Stones of Stenness) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=March 26, 2025 8:02 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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