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Ring of Brodgar  
   

Ring of Brodgar

Smaller stones than in the Stones of Stenness and more sedimentary in nature. Exfoliation is weathering many of these stones and the vertical cracks in the sedimentation layers are being filled with a concrete-looking substance to seal and protect them.
Orkney Islands

August 20th 2015
Geo: 58.9804, -2.95626After a 90min ferry ride from Thurso, when we had a fine buffet breakfast, we arrived at Stromness in the Orkneys. We spent the day (a little windy and slightly overcast, but still a bottler) visiting various sites around the island. In the late afternoon we drove down to the very bottom of Orkney Island, driving over the four "Churchill Barriers" built in WWI ... read more
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British Flag Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more
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