Orkneys -- Skara Brae Neolithic site

Before we moved to the England my husband and I had read about this amazing discovery and vowed to visit it one day.  It lived up to our expectations and was an amazing place to see.  Here at Skara Brae, a 5000-year old site, there are stone houses with stone furniture.  A few years ago visitor could walk in amongst the ruins but damage was being done to the site so they built a replica of the site to allow visitors to experience life in those times.

Visiting the museum and learning about the people that lived here

the replica of the house

Entrance way-- the house were built with tunnels leading to other homes.

The kids found a nook they could hid in, inside the stone house.  It was probably used as a storage area

stone bed, all the houses found in this area were laid out the same way, stone beds to the side, stone dresser directly across from the doorway, fireplace in the center

Stone hearth and dresser

Next we walked to the real site.

Village map; they believe this site may have been home to at least 10 families or more.

We were able to walk around the top of the site 

Inside of the houses, see the stone shelving

All the homes were arranged in the same way center hearth and dresser with stone beds on either side

The work room

Pretty amazing to know this has been here for 5000 years.  This site was buried under sand for many, many years before a large storm blew away the sand and the owner of the land, while walking his dog, discovered the site.