She says: "Everybody on site is looking towards Gordon Childe", who led the excavation of Skara Brae in 1928 and 1929. The Neolithic village at the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Orkney's ...
In 1999 Skara Brae (along with other Orkney sites Maes Howe and the Ring of Brodgar) were designated as a World Heritage site.
The neolithic village of Skara Brae lies on the western coast of the Orkney mainland. Inhabited between 3200 BC and 2200 BC, there are eight houses, linked together by a series of low alleyways.
Orkney's £65m Balfour hospital was opened in 2019 The distinctive curvature of Orkney's £65m Balfour hospital is most apparent from above. Its design references Skara Brae, Orkney's famously ...