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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 ...
Breckness House is the ruined two-storey mansion built by the Bishop of Orkney, George Graham in 1633. It can be found on the southwest coast of Mainland, Orkney, about 3 km west of the town of Stromness. The house is a large L-shaped building and was built with rubble and clay. The remaining walls stand two storeys high.
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 ...
The museum was founded in 1968 as Tankerness House Museum and in 1999 changed its name to The Orkney Museum. [1] [2] Items in the collection include the Viking 'dragon' whalebone plaque from the Scar boat burial, a Pictish symbol stone from the Knowe of Burrian, and the wooden box in which the remains of Saint Magnus Erlendsson were kept.
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 ...
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]
The main house of the Knap of Howar Papa Westray ( / p æ p ə ˈ w ɛ s t r iː / ) ( Scots : Papa Westree ), also known as Papay , is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland , United Kingdom. The fertile soil [ 8 ] has long been a draw to the island.
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.