“Orkney is a key to understanding Neolithic religion,” says site ... from Mesolithic camps and Iron Age settlements to the remains of Old Norse feasting halls and ruined medieval palaces.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Orkney Islands Council (OIC) have opened the public consultation for feedback on the draft management plan for the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. The management ...

Very few other signs of settlement from the late Neolithic Age remain to us, probably due to their timber construction, but the inhabitants of Orkney, being dependent on stone for construction ...

The Ness isthmus covers an area of seven acres, and large parts had been exposed—the ruins of a great settlement with ... Cattle were fundamental to Neolithic Orkney. They provided leather ...

Skara Brae: Relatively few Neolithic settlement sites have been excavated. Skara Brae (Orkney) is particularly well known because it is a village of small stonehouses in which much of the furniture ...

On the Orkney Islands, off the coast of Scotland, there are no trees. Neolithic people on the islands built their houses from stone. Image caption, Today, this Neolithic home is open to the air ...

The well-preserved Neolithic settlement found in Sandwick, is part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site and still showcases how people lived 5,000 years ago. Full of artifacts ...

Despite the fact that it’s over 5,000 years old, Maeshowe, Orkney's answer to Stonehenge, is in amazing shape. But why did Neolithic Britons go to such great lengths to build it? Explore ...

Very few other signs of settlement from the late Neolithic Age remain to us, probably due to their timber construction, but the inhabitants of Orkney, being dependent on stone for construction ...