Neolithic

• Callanish Standing Stones

  Highlands & Islands × Landmarks & Monuments × Scotland

  

  A cross-shaped setting of Lewisian gneiss raised before the main circle at Stonehenge, and ticketed for the first time in 2026. Here is its history, its satellite circles and how to visit.

• The Ring of Brodgar

  Highlands & Islands × Scotland × UNESCO World Heritage Sites

  

  Scotland’s largest stone circle, free to visit year-round, sits at the centre of a Neolithic landscape that’s still actively being excavated — including a real Time Team dig that returned to the site in July 2026.

• Skara Brae Visitor Centre (Orkney)

  Highlands & Islands × Scotland × UNESCO World Heritage Sites

  

  A storm uncovered it in 1850, and it’s been rewriting the timeline of prehistoric Britain ever since — here’s what makes Orkney’s Neolithic village older than Stonehenge, and everything you need to visit it.