Prehistoric Scotland
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Prehistoric Scotland
Located on the western fringes of the European continent, Scotland was one of the last regions to be inhabiting after the end of the last Ice Age. The first humans arrived over 9,000 years before, around 7,000 BC, and were nomadic hunters and gatherers, but settled as farmers. The eldest surviving evidence of their Neolithic society is found at the village of Skara Brae in Orkney, which dates back 5,000 years to around 3,000 BC. Orkney is a treasure trove of reminders of prehistoric Scotland, with Skara Brae and the magnificent burial tomb of Maes Howe as it’s centrepiece. Further west, on Hebridean island of Lewis, stand the equally impressive stone circle of Calanais (Callanish), which also dates back to the third millenium BC. It is highly probably that there are many others equally important artefacts of the first natives buried deep beneath the peat and earth of the islands of Scotland, but even from what was found so far, we can tell that a sophisticating culture and widespread trading routes had been established thousands of years before the more recent reputation of the Scots as an ingenious and exceedingly well-travelled people.
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Located on the western fringes of the European continent, Scotland was one of the last regions to be inhabiting to be inhabited after the end of the last Ice Age. The first humans arrived over 9,000 years before ago, around 7,000 BC, and were nomadic hunters and gatherers, but settled as farmers. The eldest The oldest surviving evidence of their Neolithic society is found at the village of Skara Brae in Orkney, which dates back 5,000 years to around 3,000 BC. Orkney is a treasure trove of reminders of prehistoric Scotland, with Skara Brae and the magnificent burial tomb of Maes Howe as it’s its centrepiece. Further west, on Hebridean island of Lewis on the Hebridean island of Lewis, stand the equally impressive stone circle of Calanais (Callanish), which also dates back to the third millenium BC. It is highly probably highly probable that there are many others many other equally important artefacts of the first natives buried deep beneath the peat and earth of the islands of Scotland, but even from what was found so far has been found so far, we can tell that a sophisticating sophisticated culture and widespread trading routes had been established thousands of years before the more recent reputation of the Scots as an ingenious and exceedingly well-travelled people.
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