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Skara Brae / ˈ s k ær ə ˈ b r eɪ / is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill in the parish of Sandwick, on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland.
Ochiltree is a conservation village in East Ayrshire, [2] Scotland, near Auchinleck and Cumnock. [3] It is one of the oldest villages in East Ayrshire, with archaeological remains indicating Stone Age and Bronze Age [4] settlers. [5] A cinerary urn was found in 1955 during excavation for a new housing estate. [6]
This article lists the oldest extant freestanding buildings in Scotland. In order to qualify for the list a structure must: be a recognisable building (defined as any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy );
Admiral Sir Henry Fairfax of Ravenswood was born in Edinburgh, to the well-known Fairfax family and spent his life in the Royal Navy.As owner of much of the land around Newstead, on his death in 1900, his widow Dame Harriet gave land and set up a trust to provide a Library, a Mission Hall, and a Reading Room, for the benefit of the residents of the village.
There are thousands of historic sites and attractions in Scotland.These include Neolithic Standing stones and Stone Circles, Bronze Age settlements, Iron Age Brochs and Crannogs, Pictish stones, Roman forts and camps, Viking settlements, Mediaeval castles, and early Christian settlements.
The oldest buildings in the village (exceeding 200 years), are the village church and the old church manse. The church is almost in the centre of the village, on the main road "Pitairlie Road". The church had been bought by artist Nail Hanna and then sold onto a private buyer who has converted it into a house.
The outline of Scotland's "oldest house" is an oval about 7 metres (23 ft) across discovered in 2012. It was probably occupied during the winter months. (O, F, S) [22] 8000 Aberdeenshire: Possibly the world's oldest calendar, discovered at Warren Field in 2004 from aerial photographs. F) [23] 7700–7500 Rùm
The town has two main churches - St. Ninian's Church and Paterson United Free Church of Scotland. St. Ninian's Church was built in 1896, replacing the building in New Street which was built in 1772, at a time when the Old Parish Church lacked space. In 1929, after the Union of the Churches, this was renamed to St Ninian's Parish Church of Scotland.