..... Wonderful view of a stone age village in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney near the dramatic white beach of the Bay of Skaill... step back 5,000 years in time to explore the best-preserved Neolithic settlement in Western Europe... long before Stonehenge or even the Egyptian pyramids were built, Skara Brae was a thriving village... visitors can experience this prehistoric place and see ancient homes fitted with stone beds, dressers and seats...a replica construction allows visitors to fully understand the interior of a prehistoric house... see artefacts including gaming dice, tools and jewellery on display in the visitor centre... Big Thanks once more Andrene💌... another fabulous place to visit! (✿ ♥‿♥)
© Colin Baxter
Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland.
Exposed by a great storm in 1850, four buildings were excavated during the 1860s by William Watt. After another storm in 1926, further excavations were undertaken by the Ancient Monuments branch of the British Ministry of Works. This coastal site may now be at risk from climate change.
Skara Brae gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status as one of four sites making up "The Heart of Neolithic Orkney" in 1999.
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Definitive -The new portrait of His Majesty King Charles III
(Issued 2023)
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