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energy. Stenness is renowned for its Neolithic standing stones, which originally had 12 tall stones, of which only three remain including the pierced Stone of Odin. The larger Ring of Brogar originally had 60 stones encircled by a wide ditch of which only a portion remain today. Nearby is Maeshowe, a old burial mound, and the old House of Stenness, mentioned by Walter Scott. The parish church was built in 1793.