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The Ring of Brodgar, sometimes
called the Ring of Brogar,
is a stone circle superbly located on land rising above the saltwater Loch of
Stenness and the freshwater Loch of Harray on the
West Mainland of
Orkney. When first erected there were 60
stones here, in a perfect circle 104m in diameter. Today just 36 of the
original stones are still standing, and one of those only just, having been
split vertically by a bolt of lightning on 5 June 1980. (more...)
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