El Zoben Brodgar Kewaye ne na dutse wanda yake a wani yanki mai ban sha'awa tsakanin tabkuna biyu da ke tsibirin Orkney. Auna kusan 104m a cikin diamita, ita ce ta uku mafi girma a da'irar a Birtaniyya.
The Ring of Brodgar an gina shi shekaru da yawa bayan Duwatsu kusa da Stenness kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan tarihi na ƙarshe da aka gina a cikin Neolithic a Orkney, wanda shine tsibirin tsibiri wanda ke arewacin arewacin Scotland.
Theididdigar kwanakin gini daga 2700 BC (a cewar Url, 146) zuwa wani lokaci kafin 2500 BC (Ritchie, 187) tsakanin 2500 da 2000 BC (Tarihin Scotland). Wannan yana sanya abin tunawa gabaɗaya a ƙarshen Neolithic ko farkon Zamanin Tagulla.
Duwatsu masu santsi suna kimanin ƙafa 20 sama da ƙasa, ƙafa shida faɗi da ƙafa ko kauri biyu, kuma an haƙa, wanda mafi girma [Brodgar] yakai cm 95 a faɗi, kuma ana ganin daga manyan wuraren ibada da hadaya lokutan maguzawa ... tsoffin wuraren bautar gumaka.
Da'irar dutse ta kasance ɗayan farkon wuraren da ke Tsibirin Birtaniyya da za a kiyaye su a hukumance, an sanya shi a matsayin Tarihin Tarihi na inasa a cikin 1882.
Wannan zaka iya gani
Zoben Brodgar kallo ne mai ban sha'awa. Wannan ya faru ne a wani ɓangare saboda girman girmansa, amma har ma fiye da yanayin yanayinta. Duwatsun suna keɓe a cikin wani yanki mai ɗan kaɗan wanda aka lulluɓe da ciyawa mai tsayi da kuma ruwan kore mai laushi mai laushi tsakanin tabkuna biyu - tafkin ruwa mai suna Harray zuwa gabas da kuma ruwan Stenness na gishiri zuwa yamma.
Yankin da ke cikin da'irar ya kai murabba'in 8.435, yana mai da shi na uku mafi girma a Biritaniya (bayan Avebury da Drew Stanton). Da'irar tana da mashiga biyu: ɗaya a gefen arewa maso yamma ɗayan kuma akan SE.
Kimanin duwatsu 27 suka kasance a tsaye a yau daga Zobe na Brodgar, ban da kusan wasu duwatsu 10 na duwatsu waɗanda suke a matsayinsu na asali.
Wasu daga duwatsun a Brodgar suna da rubuce-rubucen runic, waɗanda maharan Viking suka sassaka a cikin karni na 12. Daga hannun dama na ƙofar NW zuwa da'irar, ana iya kiran dutse na uku "Bjorn", na huɗu yana da gicciye, maƙerin na takwas kuma na tara rubutun ogham.
Yadda ake zuwa
Ring of Brodgar yana kan hanyar B9055, kimanin kilomita biyar arewa maso gabas na Stromness kuma ƙasa da mil mil arewacin Stenness Stones da ke tsibirin Orkney. Akwai filin ajiye motoci kyauta a cikin ƙaramin yanki a ƙetaren hanyar zuwa arewa maso gabashin da'irar.