Skara Brae
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Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement located along the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney. The site was discovered following a storm exposing the presence of stone structu
Skara Brae from the entrance gate
Evidence of home furnishings
View over the settlement, showing covering to house No. 7 and proximity to modern shore line. The glass roof has now been replaced by a turf one, as the humidity and heat caused by the glass roof were hindering preservation.
Symbols found at Skara Brae and other Neolithic sites
Grooved ware
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Grooved ware is the name given to a pottery style of the British Neolithic. Its manufacturers are sometimes known as the Grooved ware people. Unlike the later Beaker ware, Grooved culture was not an i
Skara Brae
…in Childe's monographs about Skara Brae), Margaret Mitchell, Mary Kennedy, and Margaret Cole. The inhabitants of Skara Brae were makers and users of grooved ware, a distinctive style of pottery that had recently appeared in northern Scotland. Once thought to be an underground settlement, the structures are now…
Grooved Ware sherd from Durrington Walls
Grooved ware sherd from Cornwall
A sherd from the rim of a large grooved Cornish urn