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No idea about the date. A very old unused postcard published by Giulio Fugaccia, Stromness. What ever happened to the "table" ? Was it true that people had just put the stone on top for fun or was it really a sacraficial stone?
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The "table" was erected in 1907 as an attempt of reconstruction. The top was pushed off in 1972 and, after excavations carried out by Graham Ritchie, was not re-erected because it was unhistorical. (see: Anna Ritchie, Prehistoric Orkney, Edinburgh 1995, pp. 74-78.)
Added by Sebastian Seibert on 07 August 2011
Thanks Sebastian for that but how do I get on to Anna Ritchie via the net?
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Added by Barbara Jolly Watt on 09 August 2011
Stenness
Used to have a kind of dolmen.
God knows what it was installed for -
It was totally uncalled-for.