1.1M views · 750 reactions | This is Orkney  Beautiful beaches, incredible history, wonderful wildlife...what's your favourite thing about these islands? | orkney.com | Facebook

5,000 years ago the remote islands of Orkney were a great centre of the Stone Age World, boasting connections that stretched across the length and breadth of Britain, Ireland and beyond In this documentary Tristan Hughes investigates Orkney’s enigmatic Neolithic past. Crawling into 5,000 year old tombs and digging deep into one of the greatest archaeological excavations currently underway on the British Isles, he explores this extraordinary period of Scotland's prehistory. | History Hit

225K views · 5.2K reactions | After 20 years, excavations at Orkney’s Ness of Brodgar will come to a close at the end of this week (16th August) ❤️ This sprawling dig in our World Heritage Site has become one of the most important archaeological projects in the world, and has changed the way we think about Neolithic Orkney. Come and discover the story of the Ness of Brodgar  | orkney.com | Facebook