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Skara Brae

a Pleiades place resource

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Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement located on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago. Comprised of eight clustered houses, the village was occupied from roughly 3180 to 2500 BC.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/80606012

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
59.0487348046, -3.34170352507

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- location of Skara Brae (4000 BC - 2000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Skara Brae (4000 BC - 2000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Skara Brae (English, modern)

Skara Brae makes connections with:

Skara Brae connection Orcades (islands) (unspecified date range)

Skara Brae receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Related:

Wikidata Q816437: Skara Brae

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Skara Brae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/80606012> [accessed: 27 November 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/80606012 |title=Places: 80606012 (Skara Brae) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=November 27, 2024 12:04 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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