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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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In their stately ruins, the remains of these structures offer glimpses of the Stone Age people who made them ... Unlike the prehistoric village of Skara Brae, six miles or so to the northwest ...

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 ...