Skara Brae

Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement located along the on the west coast of , . The site was discovered following a storm exposing the presence of stone structures within the coastal sand dunes.
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  • Protected area
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • Description: Neolithic archaeological site in Scotland
  • Address: Sandwick, KW16 3LR
  • Also known as
    “Skara Brae Prehistoric Village”
    “Skara Brae, settlement, mounds and other remains”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Skaill House and Broch of Borwick.
Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic manor house in … is situated 1,100 feet east of Skara Brae.
Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an Iron Age broch located on , Scotland. is situated 1¼ miles south of Skara Brae.
John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a small somewhat triangular… is situated 4,100 feet southeast of Skara Brae.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yesnaby and Dounby.
Renata, Public domain.
is a historic township in , on the… is situated 2 miles south of Skara Brae.
Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on in , in the north of . is situated 4 miles east of Skara Brae.
J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement in the parish of on the of , Scotland. is situated 4 miles northeast of Skara Brae.

Skara Brae

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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
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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