One of the ancients sites in Orkney we visited was the Ring of Brogdar. According to folklore, a band of fearsome giants gathered in a field between the lochs of Stenness and Harry one night and began to dance to the sound of a fiddle. They forgot to watch for the sun rising and as the first rays crept over the horizon they instantly turned to stone. Today they are frozen in place, as the stones of the Ring of Brodgar.
Only a small fraction of the site has been excavated. Maybe in the future more will be uncovered and further understanding of the stones will be revealed.
We didn’t dance all night, so we did not turn to stone. It was a short visit to see the mysterious stones. It is amazing place to be, trying to imagine why and how these stones came to be placed here all those centuries ago. It is wonderful that they still stand and allow themselves to be admired.