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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



TH^ STONES OF STENNESS : ORKNEY ISLANDS 



Part of the Circle of the Sun. Only fifteen stones now remain standing; there were 

 originally thirty-five or forty (see page 208). 



Photographs by Charles S. Olcoit 



MAESHOWE, A CIRCULAR, GRASS-COVERED MOUND, 90 FEET WIDE AND 30 FEET HIGH 



This mound was probably several hundred years old when the Norsemen first landed in 

 the Orkneys. The most remarkable feature of the mound is the size of some of the stones 

 of which it is built. One of these is estimated to weigh eight tons (see page 201). 



