Mysterious Ancient Structure Discovered At The Ring of Brodgar On Orkney Scotland

MessageToEagle | August 25, 2016 | Archaeology News | No Comments

MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists excavating at the Ring on Brodgar on Orkney, Scotland have unearthed a mysterious ancient structure that does not resemble anything else previously found in the area.

According to experts, find could be the oldest of the buildings under covered so far, and might be 5,000 years old.

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The slabs, known as orthostats were discovered underneath what’s been dubbed Scotland’s “largest Neolithic rubbish dump”, and would have been part of a structure measuring almost 10m (33ft) wide, comprised of slabs of up to 4m (13ft) in length.

At Callanish, the monoliths were quarried from local gneiss stone and erected them carefully in a circle. The stability of the monument was clearly important and low mounds of earth and stones were added to the base of each upright because of the problems of digging sufficiently deep sockets. Credits: Scottish Heritage

What is really puzzling is why the structure was covered over by the huge midden. It has been speculated that it could possibly be a chambered tomb.

The dig team, which is led by University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, said further “hard work” would be needed to properly understand the find.

“The sheer size and scale of the stones unearthed are unprecedented on this site.

Mysterious Ancient Structure Discovered At The Ring of Brodgar On Orkney Scotland — Archaeologists say they can only speculate at the moment as to the reason why the structure was built. Image credit: JAMES ROBERTSON/ORKNEYSKYCAM.CO.UK

The way the stones are built into the construction is also unique to the Ness. This all suggests that they may have been re-used and taken from elsewhere.

Perhaps they may be part of a stone circle that pre-dates the main Ness site. It is all a bit of mystery and we won’t know more until we do more work,” site director Nick Card said.

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The excavations at the Ness of Brodgar have been attracting a lot of attention for a long time. Several very surprising and interesting discoveries have been made so far. Some of these findings will force us to re-evaluate our understanding of how our ancestors lived.

An important discovery of a 5,000-year-old temple complex in Orkney has revealed that prehistoric people in the region were in fact, much more sophisticated than previously thought.

Last month, a human arm bone was uncovered during the dig.

Archaeologists believe the bone was deliberately placed and could possibly be the remains of a respected original founder of the large complex.

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