National Geographic Travelさんのインスタグラム写真 - (National Geographic TravelInstagram)「Photo by @jimrichardsonng / Covered with blooming heather, the Ring of Brodgar was enjoying a day in the sunshine as we sent our camera-carrying kite aloft in a stiff Orkney breeze. From this vantage point it was easy to see the henge, the raised earthen platform with a classic surrounding ditch cut deep into the underlying stone 5,000 years ago. The standing stones came later, added after the henge had already served as a focal point of the Orkney Neolithic community for some time. (On up the hill is another henge that never got any stones at all.) Brodgar sits on the narrow strip of land separating Lochs Stenness and Harray, making it a natural centerpiece of the surrounding farming community at the time. The Ring of Brodgar is just one of the cluster of Stone Age sites that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site called the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. (By the way, the kite was a bad idea.) For more from Scotland, follow @JimRichardsonNG.」11月5日 0時20分