Skara Brae is a Neolithic village located on the Bay of Skaill, on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney Islands in Scotland.

E xcavations on the remote Isle of Arran in the British Isles have uncovered a vast cursus dating as far back as 4000 BCE, according to a Guardian report on the discovery from earlier this month ...

An ancient Neolithic structure known as a cursus, believed to be the only complete such monument found in Britain, has been discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Arran. A team of archaeologists, led ...

The "incredibly rare" tomb, which is from the Neolithic era, was largely destroyed without record in the 19th century, according to the museum. Only 12 of such tombs have been found in Orkney.

BBC Scotland's History article about 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.

Orkney’s stunning islands were home to advanced Neolithic communities who built monuments older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids.

These locations give us significant insight into the lives and society of people who lived in northern Scotland around 5,000 years ago. The condition and detail of these structures are ...

A possibility that some crannogs may date as far back as the Neolithic first arose in the 1980s, when archaeologists excavating an Iron Age islet in a loch (lake) on Scotland’s North Uist island ...

Archaeologists in Scotland have discovered a hidden Neolithic tomb containing 14 skeletons. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works .

By analyzing grains of rock within Stonehenge's "altar stone," researchers determined it was most likely transported from present-day Scotland — more than 450 miles away.

Other Neolithic structures . Czerniec said he has been studying the region since 2021, but he has been focused on other Neolithic-aged structures.