Skara Brae

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8180953.stm

Lorna Gordon explores Orkney's Neolithic village, Skara Brae, where work has begun to strengthen the foundations of the sea wall to prevent the 5,000 year old site from being swept away by the sea.

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Posted by scubi63
3rd August 2009ce

Edited 4th August 2009ce

Comments (1)

Thanks for posting this item, I too, was watching at the first two clips this morning. A couple of weeks ago I met Matilda Webb, the assistant curator at the Alexander Keiller museum. She had spent six years working as an archaeologist on the Orkneys and expressed a great deal of awe about Skara Brae. I was fortunate enough to visit earlier in the year ... very beautiful setting facing out to sea but also very exposed. It was midsummer and bright sunlight but the wind was biting; it is not hard to see why erosion is problem. June	Posted by tjj 3rd August 2009ce

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