Was Orkney the ceremonial capital of ancient Britain?

STEPHEN STEWART November 03 2003

ORKNEY may have been the largest prehistoric settlement or ceremonial site
in Britain, new research reveals today.
Archaeologists using the latest techniques to map under the soil discovered
the world heritage site covering the Ness of Brodgar in Stenness, was a
massive centre of activity in Stone Age times.
Orkney's landscape has largely managed to avoid the rigours of
industrialised farming and may yet yield its secrets about the
recently-surveyed site, which in terms of scale, puts the likes of
Stonehenge, Avebury and Skara Brae in the shade.
Orkney Archaeological Trust (OAT) used magnetometry, a geophysical
technique which measures magnetism in the soil, to trace the patterns of
activity left by prehistoric Orcadians.

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