Stones of Stenness

Summary

Stones of Stenness is an archaeological site^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Stones of Stenness is located in Orkney Islands^[3].
• Stones of Stenness is located in Stenness^[4].
• Stones of Stenness is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Stones of Stenness's image is recorded as Stones of Stenness.jpg^[6].
• Stones of Stenness's image is recorded as Standing Stones of Stenness 062015.jpg^[7].
• Stones of Stenness's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[8].
• Stones of Stenness's instance of is recorded as henge^[9].
• Stones of Stenness's part of is recorded as Heart of Neolithic Orkney^[10].
• Stones of Stenness's Commons category is recorded as Standing Stones of Stenness^[11].
• Stones of Stenness's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.99388888888889, 'lon': -3.2080555555555557}^[12].
• Stones of Stenness's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03mg68^[13].
• Stones of Stenness's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as SM90285^[14].
• Stones of Stenness's Canmore ID is recorded as 2105^[15].
• Stones of Stenness's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 514bis-002^[16].
• Stones of Stenness's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Standing-Stones-of-Stenness^[17].
• Stones of Stenness's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument^[18].
• Stones of Stenness's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[19].
• Stones of Stenness's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7535370^[20].
• Stones of Stenness's Pleiades ID is recorded as 203544459^[21].
• Stones of Stenness's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Stones of Stenness'}^[22].
• Stones of Stenness's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+0.8'}^[23].
• Stones of Stenness's time period is recorded as Neolithic^[24].
• Stones of Stenness's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as the-stones-of-stenness-orkney-scotland^[25].
• Stones of Stenness's associated electoral district is recorded as Orkney and Shetland^[26].
• Stones of Stenness's historic county is recorded as Orkney Islands^[27].

Body

Geography

Stones of Stenness is in the country of United Kingdom^[5]. Located in include Orkney Islands^[3], an archipelago^[28], in United Kingdom^[29] and Stenness^[4], a civil parish^[30], in United Kingdom^[31]. Its part of is recorded as Heart of Neolithic Orkney^[10].

Physical Characteristics

Stones of Stenness's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+0.8'}^[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site^[8] and henge^[9]. Heritage statuses include scheduled monument^[18] and part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[19].

Why It Matters

Stones of Stenness ranks in the top 6% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]