Skara Brae
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 structures within the coastal sand dunes.
- Ruin
- …lies at an elevation of 39 feet (12 metres)
- …is also known as “Skara Brae, settlement, mounds and other remains”
- Description: Neolithic archaeological site in Scotland
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Skaill House and Loch of Skaill.
Skaill House
Loch of Skaill
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yesnaby and Twatt.
Yesnaby
Locality
Photo: Renata, Public domain.Twatt
Village
Dounby
Village
Skara Brae
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Latitude
59.05° or 59° 3′ north
Longitude
-3.35° or 3° 21′ west
Open location code
9CFR3M22+22
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Skara Brae” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Skara Brae”
- Arabic: “سكارا براي”
- Armenian: “Սկարա Բրեյ”
- Asturian: “Skara Brae”
- Basque: “Skara Brae”
- Bulgarian: “Скара Брей”
- Catalan: “Skara Brae”
- Chinese: “斯卡拉佈雷遺跡”
- Chinese: “斯卡拉坡”
- Chinese: “斯卡拉山坡”
- Chinese: “斯卡拉布雷新石器时代遗迹”
- Chinese: “斯卡拉布雷遺跡”
- Czech: “Skara Brae”
- Danish: “Skara Brae”
- Dutch: “Skara Brae”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سكارا براى”
- Esperanto: “Skara Brae”
- Finnish: “Skara Brae”
- French: “Skara Brae”
- Galician: “Skara Brae”
- German: “Skara Brae”
- Greek: “Skara Brae”
- Greek: “Νεολιθικός Οικισμός Skara Brae”
- Greek: “Σκάρα Μπράε”
- Greek: “Σκάρα Μπρε”
- Hebrew: “סקארה ברי”
- Hungarian: “Skara Brae”
- Indonesian: “Skara Brae”
- Irish: “Skara Brae”
- Italian: “Skara Brae”
- Japanese: “スカラ・ブラエ”
- Japanese: “スカラ・ブレイ”
- Korean: “스캐러 브레이”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Skara Brae”
- Lithuanian: “Skara Brėjus”
- Northern Frisian: “Skara Brae”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skara Brae”
- Norwegian: “Skara Brae”
- Persian: “سکارا برای”
- Polish: “Skara Brae”
- Portuguese: “Skara Brae”
- Russian: “Скара-Брей”
- Russian: “Скара-Брэй”
- Scots: “Skara Brae”
- Serbian: “Скара Бре”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Skara Brae”
- Sinhala: “ස්කාරා බරායි”
- Sinhala: “ස්කාරා බ්රෙයි”
- Slovak: “Skara Brae”
- Slovenian: “Skara Brae”
- Spanish: “Skara Brae”
- Swedish: “Skara Brae”
- Turkish: “Skara Brae”
- Ukrainian: “Скара-Брей”
- Waray (Philippines): “Skara Brae”
- Welsh: “Skara Brae”
- Western Panjabi: “سکارا برای”
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