Skara Brae

American

[skar-uh brey] / ˈskær ə ˈbreɪ /

noun

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

Skara Brae British

/ ˈskærə /

noun

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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Another famous Neolithic site is Skara Brae, a village in Orkney inhabited between 3200 BC and 2200 BC.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2019

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

The remains were originally excavated at the well known Skara Brae site in the 1970s.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2016

A storm buried Skara Brae for centuries, and it would take a storm to unearth it again.

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

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