Skara Brae

American  

[skar-uh brey] / ˈskær ə ˈbreɪ /

noun

1. the site of an excavated Neolithic village on Pomona in the Orkney Islands, dating from c2000 b.c.

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Skara Brae British  

/ ˈskærə /

noun

1. a Neolithic village in NE Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: one of Europe's most perfectly preserved Stone Age villages, buried by a sand dune until uncovered by a storm in 1850

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Skara Brae

Unlike the hard beach stones used at the nearby Neolithic village of Skara Brae, the stones used in the Ness buildings were quarried.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2024

Scottish locations with the Unesco status include the St Kilda archipelago, Skara Brae prehistoric village and the Antonine Wall.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2023

Hourston was particularly struck by the multitude of stacked stones on Skaill beach, immediately below the neolithic village of Skara Brae.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2018

But now the climate is changing again, and it may not be long before Skara Brae is reclaimed by the ocean.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 1, 2014

The arable land attracted Neolithic dwellers who built the Stone Age settlement of Skara Brae, a UN World Heritage site, and Vikings, who converted to Christianity and founded the 12th-century St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall.

From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 5, 2011