In 1999 Skara Brae (along with other Orkney sites Maes Howe and the Ring of Brodgar) were designated as a World Heritage site.

The individual sites that form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney (Skara Brae, Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge, Maeshowe Chambered Cairn, and the Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge ...

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.

Orkney was at the heart of a seafaring neolithic ... Of the sites that survive here from this late era of the Stone Age, the ...

In her column this month, Councillor Fiona Howard ventures outside of Helensburgh to the historic importance of the township of Auchindrain.

But Orkney's trump card is history ... In other words, not a bad place for photography. Skara Brae. Stone Age folk were living in this village long before Stonehenge was built.

The Heart of Neolithic Orkney is vulnerable to the sea level changes, precipitation changes, and storm intensity and ...

Despite Orkney’s unforgivable weather ... which some say trumps Skara Brae by about 500 years as the oldest preserved houses in northwest Europe, dating to 3700BC. In fact, I would take the ...

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 ...