The Towie Ball, one of the carved relics found in Scotland (Image: NQ) The local farmer, Knut Lindas, had decided to clear a mound in his field which he assumed to be a ‘clearance cairn’ of left over ...

in 1850 a violent storm ravaged the Bay of Skaill in the Orkney Isles to the north-east of mainland Scotland, revealing the Neolithic village of Skara Brae buried beneath the sand dunes.

Pupils from Stenness Community School in Orkney visited Skara Brae to learn about its history. Watch below to find out what they discovered. This is a view of Skara Brae looking out to sea over ...

Dr Mairi Davies from Historic Environment Scotland explained that despite ... who gets an acknowledgement in Prof Childe's monograph about Skara Brae. A second is believed to be Margaret Mitchell ...

Before its discovery, Skara Brae was nothing more than a sandy, grassy mound in the Orkney Islands off the coast of Scotland.

According to the Scottish Daily Express, other settlements such as Perth claim to be Scotland's oldest town. Meanwhile, Skara Brae in Orkney dates back to the Neolithic era. However, many of these ...

Its design references Skara Brae, Orkney's famously well-preserved ... The hospital is small compared to most in Scotland, just 49 beds, but it is the country's first built to a net-zero standard ...

Neolithic means the "new stone age" and some of Scotland's best-known sites from that time are found in Orkney. They include standing stones, Skara Brae settlement and Maeshowe chambered tomb.