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This 5,000-year-old Neolithic village in Scotland is one of the best preserved in the world—and it’s nicknamed the ‘Scottish Pompeii’
Each house was built of locally quarried stone ... The site is part of the “Heart of Neolithic Orkney,” a UNESCO-listed site that includes the Ring of Brodgar and the Standing Stones of ...
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Before Stonehenge
Life in Stone Age Orkney was far more refined than once imagined. The well-built homes at Skara Brae, Europe’s most complete Neolithic village, included stone hearths, beds, and cupboards.
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In Depth: Skara Brae
Every house has the same ... signs of settlement from the late Neolithic Age remain to us, probably due to their timber construction, but the inhabitants of Orkney, being dependent on stone ...
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Neolithic Tombs
One of the greatest architectural achievement of Scotland's Neolithic builders has to be the 5000 year old chambered tomb of Maes Howe in Orkney ... Maes Howe was the house of the dead ...