Skara Brae is a Neolithic village located on the Bay of Skaill, on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney Islands in Scotland. Inhabited between 3180 BCE and 2500 BCE, it flourished before the ...

This rich past came alive in the Smithsonian Channel's documentary Aerial Britain: Scotland, which highlighted Orkney's ancient marvels. Among them is Skara Brae, a remarkably preserved settlement ...

The neolithic village of Skara Brae lies on the western coast of the Orkney mainland. Inhabited between 3200 BC and 2200 BC, there are eight houses, linked together by a series of low alleyways.

Skara Brae is part of a Unesco World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney (Image: Tripadvisor) It currently remains unknown why life at the village ended in around 2500 BCE.

Skara Brae is part of a Unesco World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney (Image: Tripadvisor) It currently remains unknown why life at the village ended in around 2500 BCE.

SCOTLAND is home to hundreds of fascinating archaeological sites that allow us to delve back thousands of years into the past. One such place is Skara Brae in Orkney – a 5000-year-old neolithic ...

Skara Brae is part of a Unesco World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney (Image: Tripadvisor) It currently remains unknown why life at the village ended in around 2500 BCE. Some have ...