February
12
/ 2021
Archaeologists in Orkney believe they “might” have discovered another 5,000-year-old Neolithic settlement in the Bay of Skaill, beside the world famous Skara Brae. Thought to date to around 3,000 BC, the newly discovered “suspected” Neolithic site was discovered in the far north of Scotland on Mainland Orkney. Costal erosion revealed ancient animal bones and what might be a carved stone, in ground dating back to 3,100 BC. And while Skara Brae is considered the best-preserved Neolithic settlement in Western Europe, this new Bay of Skaill site is being described as “on par with Skara Brae.” [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"83057","attributes":{"alt":"One of the decorated faces of a large stone found in Structure Ten, Ness of Brodgar, in 2013, that has the same markings as the
