In 1971, the Irish band Skara Brae recorded its first and only LP ( simply called Skara Brae ), all songs in Irish.

Along with the excavations of settlements such as Skara Brae, Links of Noltland, Barnhouse, Rinyo and Balfarg and the complex site at Ness of Brodgar these cairns provide important clues as to what civilization in Scotland was like in the Neolithic.

Neolithic farming brought permanent settlements, and the wonderfully well-preserved stone house at Knap of Howar on Papa Westray dating from 3500 BC predates by about 500 years the village of similar houses at Skara Brae on West Mainland, Orkney.

* Skara Brae, Orkney, Scotland-Neolithic settlement buried under sediment.

" The monuments around Maeshowe, including Skara Brae, were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.

A Neolithic " low road " connects Maeshowe with the magnificently preserved village of Skara Brae, passing near the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar.

The complex including Maeshowe, the Ring of Brodgar, the Standing Stones of Stenness, Skara Brae, as well as other tombs and standing stones represents a concentration of Neolithic sites that is rivalled in Britain only by the complexes associated with Stonehenge and Avebury.

In addition to Maeshowe, the site includes Skara Brae, the Standing Stones of Stenness, the Ring of Brodgar and other nearby sites.

The monuments at the heart of Neolithic Orkney and Skara Brae proclaim the triumphs of the human spirit in early ages and isolated places.

* Skara Brae

Skara Brae, Scotland.

Europe's most complete Neolithic village, Skara Brae gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status as one of four sites making up " The Heart of Neolithic Orkney.

The job was given to University of Edinburgh's Professor Vere Gordon Childe who travelled to Skara Brae for the first time in mid-1927.

Given the number of homes, it seems likely that no more than fifty people lived in Skara Brae at any given time.

Excavated dwellings at Skara Brae

Gordon Childe was sure that the fuel was peat, but a detailed analysis of vegetation patterns and trends suggests that climatic conditions conducive to the development of thick beds of peat did not develop in this part of Orkney until after Skara Brae was abandoned.

The Grooved Ware People who built Skara Brae were primarily pastoralists who raised cattle and sheep.

This pastoral lifestyle is in sharp contrast to some of the more exotic interpretations of the culture of the Skara Brae people.

Euan MacKie suggested that Skara Brae might be the home of a privileged theocratic class of wise men who engaged in astronomical and magical ceremonies at nearby sites like the Ring of Brodgar and the Standing Stones of Stenness.

Graham and Anna Ritchie cast doubt on this interpretation noting that there is no archaeological evidence for this claim, although a Neolithic " low road " connects Skara Brae with the magnificent chambered tomb of Maeshowe, passing near both of these sites.

Radiocarbon results obtained from samples collected during these excavations indicate that occupation of Skara Brae began about 3180 BCE with occupation continuing for about six hundred years.

The ancient stronghold of Aranæs () was located near Skara on the shore of lake Vänern, in Västergötland.

The site was farther from the sea than it is today, and it is possible that Skara Brae was built adjacent to a freshwater lagoon protected by dunes.

Dating from 3500 BCE to 3100 BCE, it is similar in design to Skara Brae, but from an earlier period, and it is thought to be the oldest preserved standing building in northern Europe.

There is also a site currently under excavation at Links of Noltland on Westray that appears to have similarities to Skara Brae.

* c. 3100 – 2600 BC — Neolithic settlement at Skara Brae in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, is inhabited.

Bay of Skaill is the location of the famous Neolithic settlement, Skara Brae, and a large residence, Skaill House, the property of the laird on whose estate Skara Brae was discovered.

Unusually fine for their early date, and with a remarkably rich survival of evidence, these sites stand as a visible symbol of the achievements of early peoples away from the traditional centres of civilisation ... The Ring of Brodgar is the finest known truly circular late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone ring and a later expression of the spirit which gave rise to Maeshowe, Stenness and Skara Brae

Graham and Anna Ritchie cast doubt on this interpretation noting that there is no archaeological evidence for the claim, although a Neolithic " low road " connects Skara Brae with the chambered tomb of Maeshowe, passing near Brodgar and Stenness.

He got on particularly well with the local populace who lived near the Skara Brae site, and is reported that to them " he was every inch the professor " because of his eccentric appearance and habits.

Skara Municipality ( Skara kommun ) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden.

Its seat is located in the city of Skara.

* c. 3100 BC – 2600 BC: Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland is inhabited.

Although its head office is located in Ultuna, Uppsala, the university has several campuses in different parts of Sweden, the other main facilities being Alnarp in Lomma Municipality, Skara, and Umeå.

# The Wine Cellar ( 1 level ) of one particular tavern, which lead to the Sewers of Skara Brae ( 3 levels ) which in turn feature an exit that leads to an otherwise inaccessible southwestern corner of the city where Mangar's Tower, the final dungeon, is located.

CRASH said that " the Skara Brae environment is so complex and involves so many different factors that it's hard not to get completely enthralled in your quest " and rated it at 86 %.

As later kings from the House of Eric were consistently buried at Varnhem Abbey near Skara in Västergötland, the family is considered to have Geatish roots like other medieval ruling houses in Sweden.

The pottery links the monument to Skara Brae and Maeshowe, and the site is thought to date from at least 3000 BC.

Unusually fine for their early date, and with a remarkably rich survival of evidence, these sites stand as a visible symbol of the achievements of early peoples away from the traditional centres of civilisation ... Stenness is a unique and early expression of the ritual customs of the people who buried their dead in tombs like Maes Howe and lived in settlements like Skara Brae.

The stone-built houses on Orkney — such as those at Skara Brae — are, however, indicators of some nucleated settlement in Britain.

Symbols found at Skara Brae and other Neolithic sites.

A range of unique stone furniture has been excavated in Skara Brae, a Neolithic village located in Orkney.

The monuments at the heart of Neolithic Orkney and Skara Brae proclaim the triumphs of the human spirit in early ages and isolated places.

From 1927 through to 1946 he was employed as the Abercromby Professor of Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, and at that time was responsible for the excavation of the unique Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae and the chambered tomb of Maeshowe, both in Orkney, northern Scotland.

Neolithic dwellings at Skara Brae in Orkney, the site excavated by Childe in 1927 – 30.

Excavated dwellings at Skara Brae, Europe's most complete Neolithic village.

* Neolithic settlement built at Skara Brae in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

Excavated dwellings at Skara Brae ( Orkney, Scotland ), Europe's most complete Neolithic village.

This comprises the large chambered tomb of Maes Howe, the ceremonial stone circles the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar and the Neolithic village of Skara Brae, together with a number of unexcavated burial, ceremonial and settlement sites.

There are numerous important prehistoric remains in Orkney, especially from the Neolithic period, four of which form the Heart of Neolithic Orkney UNESCO World Heritage Site that was inscribed in 1999: Skara Brae ; Maes Howe ; the Stones of Stenness ; and Ring of Brodgar.