We’re all familiar with Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids of Giza, but did you know that Skara Brae is older than both?

Skara Brae's remarkable survival through the ages is thanks to the design of the original builders who buried the stone-slab walls up to roof level in clay soil and waste material in order to provide ...

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.

But despite Skara Brae’s immaculate preservation ... ten flagstone houses built deep into the ground. Each house has Stone ...

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These farms marked the start of a new age in Britain ... seats and beds and even stone shelves where precious objects were kept! Today, the homes at Skara Brae are open to the air, but they ...

Skara Brae is a Stone Age village dating back 5,000 years. Perched on green cliffs overlooking the ocean, the area contains ...

But Skara Brae is not the only notable settlement. The Broch of Gurness, another ancient site on the Mainland, dates from around 500 BC during the Iron Age. At its heart lies a stone tower ...

Skara Brae's remarkable ... necklaces and the mysterious stone balls carved from hard volcanic rock. Very few other signs of settlement from the late Neolithic Age remain to us, probably due ...