Skara Brae

[ skar-uh brey ]

noun

1. the site of an excavated Neolithic village on Pomona in the Orkney Islands, dating from c2000 b.c.

Skara Brae

/ ˈskærə /

noun

1. a Neolithic village in NE Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: one of Europe's most perfectly preserved Stone Age villages, buried by a sand dune until uncovered by a storm in 1850

Example Sentences

Unlike the hard beach stones used at the nearby Neolithic village of Skara Brae, the stones used in the Ness buildings were quarried.

From BBC

Scottish locations with the Unesco status include the St Kilda archipelago, Skara Brae prehistoric village and the Antonine Wall.

From BBC

A lover of Ancient Egypt, Steven wanted to explain how the Pyramids were built - but believes his theory also sheds light on how stone circles were created on various sites, from Orkney's Skara Brae to Stonehenge.

From BBC

“So the risk to sites like Skara Brae and other sites around Orkney, it’s real, it’s here, it’s happening. But it shouldn’t all be doom and gloom and despair. There is an opportunity to still do something about it and to avoid the worst possible consequences of climate change,” he added.

From Reuters

Arguably the most famous site of Orkney is Skara Brae.

From Reuters