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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.
There are two main types of chambered cairn on these islands: the Orkney/Cromarty type with a burial chamber approached through a low passage and usually divided into "stalls" by upright stone slabs, and the Maeshowe type (see below), which is a later development with a cruciform layout and an elongated passage.
The name, which is pronounced stane-is in Orcadian dialect, comes from Old Norse meaning stone headland. The stream is now bridged, but at one time was crossed by a stepping stone causeway, and the Ring of Brodgar lies about 1.2 km (0.75 mi) away to the north-west, across the stream and near the tip of the isthmus formed between the two lochs.
Orkney: 3700 BC House Oldest preserved stone house in north west Europe. [3] [4] [5] Midhowe Chambered Cairn: Rousay: Orkney 3500 BC Tomb A well-preserved example of the Orkney-Cromarty type on the island of Rousay. [6] Unstan Chambered Cairn: Stenness: Orkney: 3450 BC Tomb Excavated in 1884, when grave goods were found, giving their name to ...
The Knap of Howar (/ ˌ n æ p ˌ ɒ v ˈ h aʊ ə r /) on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. [1] Radiocarbon dating shows that it was occupied from 3700 BC to 2800 BC, earlier than the similar houses in the settlement at Skara Brae on the ...
Maes Howe, a passage grave on Orkney. The oldest house for which there is evidence in Britain is the oval structure of wooden posts found at South Queensferry near the Firth of Forth, dating from the Mesolithic period, about 8240 BCE. [1] The earliest stone structures are probably the three hearths found at Jura, dated to about 6000 BCE. [2]
Skaill House is a historic manor house in Sandwick parish on Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The house overlooks the neolithic site, Skara Brae, and the Bay of Skaill. [1] In 1977, the house was included in the List of Scottish Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [2]
In 1564 Lord Robert Stewart, natural son of James V of Scotland, who had visited Kirkwall twenty-four years before, was made sheriff of Orkney and Shetland, and received possession of the estates of the udallers; in 1581 he was created earl of Orkney by James VI, the charter being ratified ten years later to his son Patrick, but after Patrick's ...