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Skara Brae

Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the in the parish of , on the west coast of , the largest island in the archipelago of Scotland.
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  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: Neolithic archaeological site in Scotland
  • Also known as: “Skara Brae Prehistoric Village” and “Skara Brae, settlement, mounds and other remains”
  • Address: Sandwick, KW16 3LR
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Skaill House and Broch of Borwick.

Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic manor house in parish on Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The house overlooks the Neolithic site, , and the . is situated 1,100 feet east of Skara Brae.

Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an Iron Age broch located on , Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. is situated 1¼ miles south of Skara Brae.

Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a small somewhat triangular, freshwater loch in the parish of on Mainland Orkney, . It lies 0.5 mi south east of the close to and the World Heritage neolithic site . is situated 4,100 feet southeast of Skara Brae.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yesnaby and Dounby.

Locality
Photo: Renata, Public domain.
is a historic township in , on the west coast of Orkney Mainland, , south of . It is renowned for its spectacular Old Red Sandstone coastal cliff scenery which includes sea stacks, blowholes, geos and frequently boiling seas. is situated 2 miles south of Skara Brae.

Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on in , in the north of . village is situated at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057, and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray. is situated 4 miles east of Skara Brae.

Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement in the parish of on the of , Scotland. It was previously the location of RNAS , from 1940–1949. is situated at the junction of the A986 and the A967. is situated 4 miles northeast of Skara Brae.

Skara Brae

Latitude
59.04869° or 59° 2′ 55″ north
Longitude
-3.34181° or 3° 20′ 31″ west
Open location code
9CFR2MX5+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 249805919
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q816437
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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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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Skara Brae Visitor Centre and Skaill Falconry.

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