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The architecture of Scotland in the prehistoric era includes all human building within the modern borders of Scotland, before the arrival of the Romans in Britain in the first century BCE. Stone Age settlers began to build in wood in what is now Scotland from at least 8,000 years ago.
During the Permian and Triassic periods, with the Iapetus Ocean entirely closed, Scotland lay near the centre of the Pangaean supercontinent. At the start of the Tertiary , a constructive plate boundary (at which tectonic plates move apart) became active between Laurentia and Eurasia, pushing the two apart (and parting Scotland from Laurentia).
This list includes the historic houses, castles, abbeys, museums and other buildings and monuments in the care of Historic Environment Scotland (HES). HES (Scottish Gaelic: Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland’s historic environment.
It is the tallest broch still standing and amongst the best-preserved prehistoric buildings in Europe. It is thought to have been constructed c. 300 BC, and is one of more than 500 brochs built in Scotland. The site is managed by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument. [1] [2]
Broch of Mousa. In archaeology, a broch / b r ɒ x / is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found in Scotland.Brochs belong to the classification "complex Atlantic roundhouse" devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s.
However, the subsequent Iron Age supported a return to monumental building projects, especially brochs. Formal excavations were first recorded in the late 18th century. Over time, investigators’ understanding of the structures they uncovered progressed—from little more than folklore in the beginning, to modern archaeological science today.
Video of the Grimsay wheelhouse, near Bagh nam Feadag, the best preserved example in the Uists The interior of a Jarlshof wheelhouse showing bays between the stone piers Wheelhouse at the archæological site of Old Scatness, Shetland. In archaeology, a wheelhouse is a prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland.
The only surviving megalithic structure from prehistoric Shetland. [30] Crantit cairn Kirkwall: Orkney: 2130 BC Tomb Discovered in 1998 near Kirkwall. [31] [32] Rubha an Dùnain passage grave Skye: Highland: 2000 BC or older Tomb On a now uninhabited peninsula to the south of the Cuillin hills. [33] [34] [35] Wideford Hill chambered cairn ...