but Skara Brae seems to have been a very close community with little room for non-conformists. Every house has the same layout for roughly a family-sized living space (around 40 square metres).

Pupils from Stenness Community School in Orkney visited Skara Brae to learn about its history ... were buried in the corner of the house. The top of these pots were beautifully decorated and ...

But despite Skara Brae’s immaculate preservation ... The researchers found ten flagstone houses built deep into the ground.