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Skara Brae, view.

SC 346120

Description Skara Brae, view.

Catalogue Number SC 346120

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 94058 CS

Scope and Content Settlement at Skara Brae, Orkney The settlement at Skara Brae was discovered in 1850 when a storm destroyed part of the sand-dune which covered it. The village would originally have stood inland, but coastal erosion now means it is on the shore. It consists of houses and a workshop. This is a view of the site showing several houses and connecting passages that made up the last phase of building. The houses are embedded in midden deposits. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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