The Ring of Brodgar

The Ring of Brodgar - watercolour - 23 x 34 cm

When I painted this view of the Ring of Brodgar, in 2009, it was part of a landscape that was already a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Heart of Neolithic Orkney - http://goo.gl/YrYaAq.

Since then more discoveries have been made in the centre of the site, on a narrow strip of land called the Ness of Brodgar. Excavations have revealed a number of buildings, which seem to form what might be called a temple complex - http://goo.gl/eOkksi.

I doubt whether we will ever really know what went on here, but a picture is beginning to emerge of a site with great importance on Orkney, and maybe even a place of pilgrimage from other parts of Europe.

Location - https://goo.gl/maps/ZW3aXBUmzcw