Skara Brae
settlement · 4000 BC – 2100 AD
Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement located on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago. Comprised of eight clustered houses, the village was occupied from roughly 3180 to 2500 BC.
- Coordinates
- 59.04873, -3.34170
- Also known as
- Skara Bre, Skara Brejus, Skara Brėjus, Skara-Brej, si ka la bu lei xin shi qi shi dai yi ji, skara bray, Νεολιθικός Οικισμός Skara Brae (ell), Σκάρα Μπρε, Скара Бре, Скара-Брей (rus), סקארה ברי, سكارا براي, 斯卡拉布雷新石器时代遗迹 (zho)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BYiDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)
- GeoNames · CC BY 4.0© GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)