Stenness
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Stenness is a small village and parish on the Orkney Mainland in Scotland, known for its proximity to major Neolithic sites such as the Standing Stones of Stenness.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Standing Stones of Stenness | 5 |
| Stenness canonical | 2 |
| Stones of Stenness | 2 |
| Loch of Stenness | 1 |
| Ring of Brodgar | 1 |
| Stenness Parish Church | 1 |
| Stenness Stones | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1073519 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stenness Context triple: [Orkney Mainland, hasSettlement, Stenness]
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A.
Machrie Moor stone circles
Machrie Moor stone circles are a group of prehistoric stone circles and standing stones on the Isle of Arran in Scotland, notable for their Bronze Age origins and dramatic moorland setting.
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B.
Callanish Stones
The Callanish Stones are a famous Neolithic stone circle and ritual site on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, dating back to around 3000 BC.
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C.
Skara Brae
Skara Brae is a remarkably well-preserved Neolithic stone village in Orkney, Scotland, dating back over 5,000 years and offering key insights into prehistoric life.
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D.
Moray archaeological site
Moray archaeological site is an Inca ruin in Peru renowned for its series of circular agricultural terraces thought to have been used as an experimental farming laboratory.
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E.
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a prehistoric stone circle monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, renowned as one of the most famous and enigmatic archaeological sites in the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stenness Target entity description: Stenness is a small village and parish on the Orkney Mainland in Scotland, known for its proximity to major Neolithic sites such as the Standing Stones of Stenness.
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A.
Machrie Moor stone circles
Machrie Moor stone circles are a group of prehistoric stone circles and standing stones on the Isle of Arran in Scotland, notable for their Bronze Age origins and dramatic moorland setting.
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B.
Callanish Stones
The Callanish Stones are a famous Neolithic stone circle and ritual site on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, dating back to around 3000 BC.
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C.
Skara Brae
Skara Brae is a remarkably well-preserved Neolithic stone village in Orkney, Scotland, dating back over 5,000 years and offering key insights into prehistoric life.
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D.
Moray archaeological site
Moray archaeological site is an Inca ruin in Peru renowned for its series of circular agricultural terraces thought to have been used as an experimental farming laboratory.
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E.
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a prehistoric stone circle monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, renowned as one of the most famous and enigmatic archaeological sites in the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil parish
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| administrativeUnit |
Orkney Islands Council
ⓘ
surface form:
Orkney Islands council area
|
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Scotland ⓘ |
| governingBody | Orkney Islands Council ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Neolithic archaeology ⓘ |
| hasNearby |
Ring of Brodgar
ⓘ
surface form:
Bridge of Brodgar
Brogar Road ⓘ Orkney archaeological landscape ⓘ
surface form:
Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site
Loch of Harray ⓘ Loch of Harray and Stenness system ⓘ
surface form:
Loch of Stenness
Ness of Brodgar ⓘ Ring of Brodgar ⓘ Stenness self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Standing Stones of Stenness
|
| heritageDesignationNearby | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Stenness
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Standing Stones of Stenness
prehistoric landscape ⓘ proximity to major Neolithic sites ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern Isles
ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ Orkney Mainland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Orkney Mainland ⓘ |
| parishChurch |
Stenness
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Stenness Parish Church
|
| partOf |
Highlands and Islands
ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Orkney Islands council area
|
| region |
Highlands and Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish Highlands and Islands
|
| timeZone | UTC+0 ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | UTC+1 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stenness Description of subject: Stenness is a small village and parish on the Orkney Mainland in Scotland, known for its proximity to major Neolithic sites such as the Standing Stones of Stenness.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Loch of Stenness
this entity surface form:
Ring of Brodgar
this entity surface form:
Stenness Stones
this entity surface form:
Standing Stones of Stenness
this entity surface form:
Stenness Parish Church
this entity surface form:
Standing Stones of Stenness
this entity surface form:
Standing Stones of Stenness
this entity surface form:
Standing Stones of Stenness
this entity surface form:
Standing Stones of Stenness
this entity surface form:
Stones of Stenness
this entity surface form:
Stones of Stenness