Theatre in the round: Henge monuments, stone circles and their integration with the landscape

The Stones of Stenness are an imposing monument, located not far away from Maes Howe on the Mainland of Orkney. In the last chapter I suggested that the site might even be regarded as the successor of that tomb. Events that had originally been hidden from view in the central chamber at Maes Howe might have taken place within open arenas of this kind.