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.
Located on the Orkney Islands in Scotland, Skara Brae is a prehistoric village that dates back to around 3,000 BCE. It is one of the best-preserved examples of Neolithic life. The homes here were ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On the Orkney Islands, off the coast of Scotland, there are no trees. Neolithic people on the islands built their houses from stone. Image caption, Today, this Neolithic home is open to the air ...