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 ...

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 ...

One such place is Skara Brae in Orkney – a 5000-year-old neolithic settlement that was uncovered during a terrible storm in 1850. The location is said to be one of the "best-preserved" sites ...

The greatest concern on Orkney surrounds the village of Skara Brae which is believed to have been occupied about 5,000 years ago - between about 3100BC and 2500BC. The archaeological site was ...

With bus tours to the Ring of Brodgar and Skara Brae readily available from the cruise port, the pull of Orkney for tourists—and the cruise companies—is understandable. But for locals ...

April to May is an excellent time to visit Scotland as the country comes alive with the beauty of spring. The weather becomes ...

Life in Stone Age Orkney was far more refined than once imagined. The well-built homes at Skara Brae, Europe’s most complete Neolithic village, included stone hearths, beds, and cupboards.

How to spend one day in Orkney, when you're taking the ferry from the Scottish mainland, and only have a few hours to spare ...

SCOTLAND is home to hundreds of fascinating archaeological sites that allow us to delve back thousands of years into the past. One such place is Skara Brae in Orkney – a 5000-year-old neolithic ...