House 7, Skara Brae, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland

Box bed, with stone surrounds which were filled with fleece and bracken, in House 7, at Skara Brae, a Neolithic village occupied 3180-2500 BC consisting of 9 stone houses and a workshop, linked by passages, at Skaill beach on the Bay of Skaill, on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. House 7 is the best preserved of the houses and is protected by a new turf roof to ensure stable conditions inside. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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3180-2500 Brae Excavated Mainland Neolithic Orcadian Orkney Prehistory Sandwick Skaill Skara Subterranean

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