The Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site is full of fascinating prehistoric domestic and funerary architecture, including the slightly later Neolithic settlement at Skara Brae ...

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Cloudy on the Isles with showery spells of rain, but brighter on Orkney later. Tonight Tonight, the mainland will become dry with clear spells. There will be some low cloud and fog patches later.

Today, it will be largely dry and cloudy on the mainland. The Isles will also turn cloudier with the odd shower, but bright spells will remain possible. Tonight Tonight will be largely dry and ...

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After just a few hours of digging, one archaeologist discovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old religious complex—an earthwork enclosure, or henge, built by late Neolithic tribesmen, probably ...