Bay of Skaill, Orkney
The Bay of Skaill is situated on the west coast of the Orkney Mainland 4 miles south west of Dounby.
To the south of the bay lies the neolithic village of Skara Brae which was rediscovered after a storm in the winter of 1850. As well as the havoc that it caused the island inhabitants, the storm stripped the grass from the high dunes at the Bay of Skaill and exposed an immense midden mound and the remains of sand-filled ancient dwellings within the mound. The settlement was inhabited between 3100BC and 2500BC and was modified throughout this 600-year period.
Date: June 2003
Location: view from Skaill just off the B9056 road
To the south of the bay lies the neolithic village of Skara Brae which was rediscovered after a storm in the winter of 1850. As well as the havoc that it caused the island inhabitants, the storm stripped the grass from the high dunes at the Bay of Skaill and exposed an immense midden mound and the remains of sand-filled ancient dwellings within the mound. The settlement was inhabited between 3100BC and 2500BC and was modified throughout this 600-year period.
Date: June 2003
Location: view from Skaill just off the B9056 road
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