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Art of Neolithic Orkney

The Ancients

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Neolithic Art at the Nessa Broca

At the Nessa Broca, Neolithic art is even broader than that which I've already discussed with the tombs and with Scarabrae. We find not only the linear angular incised carvings on Flagstone, but we also get the kind of much coarser grain sandstone which is pecked chiseled. And we've even got example of bass relief sculpture from the Nessabroca, and that's very, very unusual. Right, how interesting, so interesting.

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