>>"Within this rock-fringed, airy world the stones of the circle seem to echo and reflect distant peaks, refracting the vast landscape to a more accessible level"

Not half! I don't know if you've seen the following, it could just be a happy coincidence or Steve could be really on to something. If he is, then prepare to be amazed. Check out the montage near the bottom of-

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/user/4063/weblog/0/27369
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Not stones this time, but mounds.

http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/brodgar/barrows.htm

Scroll down to the last item headed "Geographical alignments or mere coincidence?"

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