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The Neolithic Heart of Orkney is a remarkable collection of stone age sites and relics, evidence of a sophisticated community existing at the harsh frontier of the world more than 5,000 years ago. This group of ruins, gathered into a UNESCO World Heritage site, includes:

• Maes Howe - a complex chambered tomb
• The Ring of Brodgar - a circle of 60 megaliths
• The Standing Stones of Stenness - which amplify voices and set dowsing rods aquiver
• Skara Brae - a group of houses and a workshop at the edge of the sea.

There are also dozens of unexcavated mounds all over the UNESCO protected area promising more revelations about early human history.