Such a tightly knit and communal village life was unusual in these early farming communities, individual farmsteads being preferred, but Skara Brae seems to have been a very close community with ...

But despite Skara Brae’s immaculate preservation ... Around 2500 BC, village life died out. The village shows no sign of ...

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Among them is Skara Brae, a remarkably preserved settlement ... “It’s amazing that something so vital to daily life lay just below the plough line. A saddle quern would have been one of ...

Pupils from Stenness Community School in Orkney visited Skara Brae to learn about its history. Watch below to find out what they discovered. This is a view of Skara Brae looking out to sea over ...