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The so-called Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the island of Orkney, Britain. The four standing stones (each about 300 mm thick and measuring up to 5 m tall) were once part of a massive henge monument which included perhaps 12 standing stones in total.
Radiocarbon dating has shown that there was ritual activity on the site by at least 3100 BCE.
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