Also found among the ruins were prized trade goods such ... and strong backs to put to the cause. Estimates of Orkney’s population in Neolithic times run as high as 10,000—roughly half the ...

An uninhabited tidal island off the northwest coast of The Mainland of Orkney, it can only be reached ... the first thing you will come across are the ruins of a Viking settlement and an earlier ...

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 ...

In their stately ruins, the remains of these structures ... Cattle were fundamental to Neolithic Orkney. They provided leather, milk and meat, but their value, according to Mark Edmonds, co ...

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Orkney Islands Council (OIC) have opened the public consultation for feedback on the draft management plan for the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. The management ...

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If Scotland has an Atlantis, this is it. The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic stone circle on the Orkney island. I recommend a visit to St John’s Head, Britain’s highest vertical cliff ...

One Scottish attraction joins the list of the UK's most famous historical sites where ticket prices have soared in the past three years. From Neolithic ruins in Orkney to the ancient Glasgow ...