We take our time at the Rings savoring the moment. We drive to the next site a mere village and intact houses that was recently excavated older than Stonehedge and the the great Pryamids of Egypt but Bill is unimpressed. I mentioned we go to another ancient site but he says, he wants to find the rest of the Stones I begin to notice his eyes glazed over, his face drawn as he mentions he wants to see more stones. The moment has arrived that I knew would happen. Bill is in a Stone addiction withdrawal, like an addict who threw his whole shot in the cooker in the morning and did not save a taste for later, so he could get straight when he started going into withdrawal. Like all addicts he begins to have a nervous, negative energy about him and insatiatible craving for the next fix.
Bill frantically looks at his map and the places he circled saying there are more stones here, it says so on the map, drive around the coast of the island. On we go hither and there but to no avail, NO STONES. Bill is in serious withdrawal now, the part of any trip where you can feel the end is near and wanting to see it all but knowing in your heart that trying to do it all and not miss anything is a fool's errand. Finally, I say to Bill can I see your map because we are at these places and whle there is something Historial here they are not stones.
I look at the map to the hundreds of circles he made and then go to the Legend of the map I
realize that Bill has read the map wrong and while some of the things he circled were stones the symbol they he though were to represent all Stones were in reality the symbol of any Historial Monument. I shake my head knowing that I got to do something to get Bill's head back in the game and cure his craving. I put a cold compress on his forehead and suggest we go into the city of Kirkwell...
The village:
Skara Brae (HY232188), by the shore of the Bay of Skaill, is virtually unique. This remarkably well preserved village is one of very few archaeological sites where it is actually possible to imagine the life style of the inhabitants. First revealed after a severe storm in 1850, this prehistoric community was occupied for about 600 years. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the site was occupied from before 3100 BC to about 2600 BC.

The "china closet" on the wall on your right.
And notice the beds against the wall. They were much smaller people back then.
The middle is the fire pit

We were able to enter a recreation of one of the houses.

Bill letting us know there are no Stones in there!
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