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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.
An almost identical building, with evidence of pottery, was excavated at Claish near Stirling. [4] On the islet of Eilean Domhnuill , in Loch Olabhat on North Uist , Unstan ware pottery suggests a date of 3200–2800 BC for what may be the earliest crannog .
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.
Skull fragments point to rituals directed towards specific ancestors, researchers say
There are more than 800 ancient monuments within a six-mile (ten-kilometre) radius of the village, with 150 monuments being prehistoric. Monuments include standing stones, a henge monument, numerous cists, and a "linear cemetery" comprising five burial cairns. Several of these, as well as many natural rocks, are decorated with cup and ring marks.