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Skara Brae,Orkney
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Skara Brae in Orkney is a World Heritage site.
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Dating from about 5000 B.C., they are nearly
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2000 years older that the pyramids at Giza.
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During their lifetime great storms buried them
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under the sand, and it was not until another
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storm blew it away in 1924 that their existance
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was discovered. The shoreline has moved
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inland since they were built and it is only
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because of new breakwaters that the sea
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has not swept them away. The cluster of ten
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round dwellings were linked by passageways
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protecting the occupants from the elements.
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The domed thatched roofs allowed smoke
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from the central fires to escape through a
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central hole. Each house was equipped
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with a dresser where precious items wer
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kept. The box beds had storage boxes
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above them. The small "tanks" on the
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floor were for preparing bait for fishing.
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A grinding stone was also essential to
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their way of life. A central hearth completed
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the stone furniture of each house.
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On the southern shore of the Bay o' Skaill, in the West Mainland parish of Sandwick, is the Neolithic village of Skara Brae - one of Orkney's most-visited ancient sites and regarded by many as one of the most remarkable monuments in Europe.
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Uploaded by: ElizabethMcD
In Webshots channel: travel - Album created: Jul 27, 2009
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One of your best albums Elizabeth and Richard, so interesting, gives us mere mortals a look into life of so long ago & the hardships that were endured, although perhaps they thought they were living in mansions. Is there any record of when these poeple were wiped out or did they move away Elizabeth? Well done, an album of fact and well narrated... Hugs, Shirley
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