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Orkney UNESCO World Heritage Site - Orkney's Sophisticated Stone Age Community

Skara Brae, Orkney's 5000-year-old Stone Age home

Skara Brae, Orkney's 5000-year-old Stone Age home

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The Neolithic Heart of Orkney is a remarkable collection of stone age sites and relics, evidence of a sophisticated community existing at the harsh frontier of the world more than 5,000 years ago. This group of ruins, gathered into a UNESCO World Heritage site, includes: There are also dozens of unexcavated mounds all over the UNESCO protected area promising more revelations about early human history.
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