Solstice Standing Stones (Orkney Islands, Scotland)

Solstice Standing Stones (Orkney Islands, Scotland)

24″x20″ framed
Acrylic on canvas

Neolithic monuments are strewn throughout the United Kingdom. But the Ring of Brodgar on the Orkney Islands may be the oldest in the British Isles. No written records why these were created, researchers presume it was to catch the rising, setting sun/moon, or the seasonal solstice.