Skara Brae discovered jewellery.
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Skara Brae artefacts.
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A Skara Brae ‘mystery object’ – one of the enigmatic carved stone balls.
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The once turf-covered main passageway to House 8. (see plan below) Skara Brae May 2017
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Skara Brae Plan of the Site.
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Skara Brae house entrance. (They must’ve had knackered backs & knees!)
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A Glimpse down into the ancient sewers constructed before the town was laid out – thus one of the earliest examples of ‘town planning’.
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The ‘Workshop’ (so called as no evidence of sleeping/living arrangements were found in this building)
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Pathway between the houses. Skara Brae May 2017
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Skara Brae & Skaill Bay beyond. May 2017
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Outside and the real thing! (The famous dresser in House 1)
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Bed & Sheepskin blanket in the reconstructed house.
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In the reconstructed ‘mock-up’ house. May 2017
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Stonework inside Tomb of the Otters (taken under very difficult conditions!) May 2017
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Passage wall inside a very painfully cramped (with 4 people inside) Tomb of the Otters!
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Stonework of side chamber Tomb of the Eagles May 2017
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The simply stunning surroundings of Dun Carloway Broch (left)
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More Victorian Vandalism – chiselled/stamped graffiti marked 1881 below.
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‘R. Wilson’ (1880? below) chiselled/stamped graffiti Ring of Brodgar – May 2017
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Salt Knowe burial mound behind the Ring of Brodgar. May 2017
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The currently somewhat forlorn looking Ring of Brodgar, partly fenced off for ongoing ‘preservation’ work. May 2017
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Two of the stranger shaped Brodgar stones – another of the peculiar Scottish ‘trapezoids’ (as seen at Stenness & the Clava Cairns) on the left. Currently inaccessible unfortunately due to ongoing ‘preservation’ work.
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The path up to Cuween with hilltop hiker cairn columns beyond.
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Stones of Stenness with Hoy in the background May 2017
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Another one of those strange Scottish ‘trapezoid’ stones.
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