Stones of Brodgar

 The Stones of Brodgar 


When I went to the Ring of Brodgar today I took a photo of each stone from outside the ditch.

I have a theory that the Stones of Brodgar were set in their places with a sloping edge facing in the same relative direction in rotation around the circle.

They obviously don't all have an obvious slope on one side.

Also at least one of the stones fell over in historic or prehistoric times, and may have been re-erected by Historic Scotland staff. Could they have put them up wrongly?

























I don't know if my theory works.

What do you think?


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Jeffery Nicholls 



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