as small as a world and as large as alone

5:42am August 26, 2013

peedieblogger:

And finally, my pictures from Skara Brae. I have others but the 10 picture limit means I could only upload the most interesting. 

I’ve been wanting to visit Skara Brae since I start academic archaeology 4 years ago and although the site was smaller than I expected it was no less as amazing.

For anyone who doesn’t know what Skara Brae is, it is the remains of a Neolithic settllement, it’s called the best preserved in Europe, and it probably is, however if you really want to have a good nosy I’ve been told that the ‘Knap of Howar’ on Papay is the place to visit. Skara Brae was protected by sand until a storm in 1850 uncovered part of the site, not all houses were excavated at that time. 

A friend of mine, who is doing her master at Orkney College through UHI is doing her dissertation on different ways to interact with Skara Brae without visiting the site (although she still thinks that nothing compares to visiting the site), her focus was on house 7 , take a look at some of her work here.

I hope to go back when Skaill House is open during the summer but it depends on transport, time and money. 

68 notes