View of the Bedroom in a Prehistoric Village, Skara Brae, near Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, U.K Located on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland, is Skara Brae, the most complete Neolithic village in northern Europe. It is older than the Great Pyramids and Stonehenge, and many think of it as the Scottish Pompeii because it is so well-preserved. And so it remains today. Skara Brae was inhabited before the Egyptian pyramids were built, and flourished for centuries before construction began at Stonehenge. It is some 5,000 years old. Skara Brae /ˈskærə ˈbreɪ/ is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. The people of Skara Brae Tools, crop remains and bones found at Skara Brae show the villagers weren't only skilled hunters and fishermen — they were expert farmers, too! They grew crops such as wheat and barley and reared sheep, cattle and pigs. They were some of Britain's first-ever farmers. Skara Brae is a Neolithic Age site, consisting of ten stone structures, near the Bay of Skaill, Orkney, Scotland. ... The name `Skara Brae' is a corruption of the old name for the site, `Skerrabra' or `Styerrabrae' which designated the mound which buried (and thereby preserved) the buildings of the village. The people of Skara Brae. They grew crops such as wheat and barley and reared sheep,

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