Skara Brae

Skara Brae () is a large stone-built Neolithic settlement on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of mainland Orkney, Scotland. It consists of ten houses. 

It was occupied from roughly 3100–2500BC.Childe, V. Gordon & D.V. Clarke 1983. Skara Brae. Edinburgh: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. . It is Europe's most complete Neolithic village. The level of preservation is such that it is a main part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. This is one of four UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland, the others being the Old Town and New Town of Edinburgh; New Lanark in South Lanarkshire; and St Kilda in the Western Isles.

 Discovery and features 
Until 1850, Skara Brae lay under years of soil sediment when in the winter of that year a large storm stripped the grass from the large mound known as Skerrabra.

The outline of several of stone buildings was revealed and initial excavations were undertaken by William Watt, the laird of Skaill. It was fully excavated between 1928 and 1930 by Vere Gordon Childe following another storm in 1926.

 Related pages 
Heart of Neolithic Orkney
St Kilda
Edinburgh Old & New towns
New Lanark
The Antonine Wall is the most northerly part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site, shared with England (Hadrian's Wall) and Germany (Limes Germanicus).

References

Other websites

Historic Scotland Official Website 
Orkneyjar 

Category:Neolithic
Category:World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom
Category:Prehistoric buildings and structures on Orkney
Category:4th millennium BC buildings and structures