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Opening times

Open year-round.

Facilities

 

Prices and opening times

The Ring of Brodgar is free to visit and open year-round.

Some sections of the inner path may be closed periodically to allow the grass path to rest and regenerate. 

What's on at Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge

Ring of Brodgar Walk

Ring of Brodgar Walk

Monday 17 June 2019 to Thursday 26 September 2019

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A standing stone at Orkney's Ring of Brodgar in the sunshine

Monday Meander

Monday 17 June 2019 to Monday 26 August 2019

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Standing stone at the Ring of Brodgar

Flowers and Folk Belief

Wednesday 19 June 2019 to Wednesday 28 August 2019

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Four of the standing stones at Stenness in the evening

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Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge
A grassy cairn with an open entrance, surrounded by a fence

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Unstan Chambered Cairn
A general exterior view of Maeshowe Chambered Cairn.

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Maeshowe Chambered Cairn
A small grass-covered house built over a small stream

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Click Mill
The grass covered foundations of a medieval building

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Earl's Bu and Church, Orphir
A general view of the prehistoric village at Skara Brae.

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Skara Brae
A brick wall chamber inside the cairn with two openings in its walls

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Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
A very large block of sandstone into which a Neolithic burial chamber has been cut

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Dwarfie Stane
Four of the standing stones at Stenness in the evening

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Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge
A grassy cairn with an open entrance, surrounded by a fence

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Unstan Chambered Cairn
A general exterior view of Maeshowe Chambered Cairn.

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Maeshowe Chambered Cairn
A brick wall chamber inside the cairn with two openings in its walls

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Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
A very large block of sandstone into which a Neolithic burial chamber has been cut

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Dwarfie Stane
A three layered stone cairn, covered by grass

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Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn
Two thick stone walls with smaller stone slabs standing in between them

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Midhowe Chambered Cairn
The underground remains of a stone cairn covered by a modern ceiling

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Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn

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