Orcadian

noun

Or·ca·di·an ȯr-ˈkā-dē-ən

: a native or inhabitant of the Orkney Islands

Orcadian adjective

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That specific combination of minerals, as well as information about how some of them have decayed, solidly matches the Altar Stone to rock from the Orcadian Basin in the northeast. —

Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2024 But this latest study suggests that the center stone is from the old red sandstone in the Orcadian Basin in Northeast Scotland, more than 450 miles away. —

Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2024 The grains best matched a group of sedimentary rocks known as Old Red Sandstone found in the Orcadian Basin in northeast Scotland, which differed completely from stones found in Wales. —

Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024 The researchers hope to tackle that question in future work by collecting samples from across the Orcadian Basin to compare with the Stonehenge data and by analyzing additional minerals to sharpen the story of each rock. —

Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024