Looking outwards (SE) from House 1 at Skara Brae Neolithic settlement, Orkney, Scotland, UK, showing its entrance passage with jambs & bar-holes.
Looking outwards (SE) from House 1 at Skara Brae Neolithic settlement, Orkney, Scotland, UK, showing its entrance passage with jambs & bar-hole (lower R & L) used to secure the slab door. The stone bar projected into/was operated from a guard cell within the wall on the R. The doorway leads into the main passageway of the village (Passage A). Around 5,000 years ago, a cluster of 6 self-contained drystone-walled houses linked by subterranean passages was inserted into an existing midden so that the refuse material insulated the walls. A separate workshop (8) stood just to the W.
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Location: Skara Brae, Bay of Skaill, Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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