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Facts
about the best preserved Stone Age village in Europe. Buried
beneath the sandy dunes of the Orkney Isles until 1850, the village
is wonderfully preserved and reveals more than few Neolithic secrets. |
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Factsheets
on two of Britain's most fascinating stone circles - The Stones of
Stenness and The Ring of Brodgar. Both of these awe-inspiring stone
giants remind us just how industrious our neolithic ancestors were.
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Tour
two of Orkney's most mysterious Chambered Tombs - Maes Howe
and Isbister (The Tomb of the Eagles). Subterranean chambers with
more than just dead people in them - but a few surprises as well. |
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Factsheet
and tourist guide on the formidable Broch of Gurness. Even the Vikings
had a spot of bother getting into this place - so well built that
many still survive to this day all over Scotland |
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Information
on the Oakbank Crannog on Loch Tay. Built on an artificial island
using the same techniques that the Iron Age people of Scotland used
in a time when having your own private island was often a defensive
requirement. |
