The sun was starting to set over Skara Brae, a prehistoric stone village on the Orkney Islands, an archipelago off the most northerly tip of Scotland. A lone figure stood alone among the 3,000 ...

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Discovered by chance in 1850, Skara Brae is the best-preserved Neolithic village in Europe. Located on the coast of Orkney, Scotland, this 5,000-year-old site is a fascinating reminder of a long ...

Hidden beneath sand for 4,000 years, Skara Brae is Europe’s best-preserved Neolithic village. Built before Stonehenge, its ...

STROMNESS, SCOTLAND—According to a report in The Orcadian, a figurine unearthed on the largest of the Orkney Islands in the 1860s has been rediscovered in a box at Stromness Museum. Dubbed the “Skara ...

Perched at the edge of the British mainland, the Duncansby Head lighthouse serves as a sentinel at Scotland's northeasternmost point, gazing across 880 miles to Land’s End in England’s southwest.

Geography can be misleading. The islands of Orkney might look remote on the map — trace your finger up to John o' Groats, then keep going north — but the truth is slightly different. The archipelago's ...

SCOTLAND is home to hundreds of fascinating archaeological sites that allow us to delve back thousands of years into the past. One such place is Skara Brae in Orkney – a 5000-year-old neolithic ...