Skara Brae
United Kingdom · settlement · 59°02'55.4"N 3°20'30.3"W
Skara Brae is a settlement in United Kingdom, Neolithic archaeological site in Scotland. Pyramason catalogues it as PYR-102013 at 59.04871, -3.34175 (59°02'55.4"N 3°20'30.3"W).
Wikidata records a construction date of about 3179 BCE.
Recorded heritage designations: scheduled monument, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
There are 5 other catalogued sites within 5 km of it, 61 within 25 km and 126 within 50 km. That density is itself the finding: this is not an isolated monument but part of a worked landscape.
Open on the mapThe record
| Pyramason ID | PYR-102013 |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Classified as | settlement |
| Coordinates | 59.04871, -3.34175 |
| 59°02'55.4"N 3°20'30.3"W | |
| Sites within 25 km | 61 |
| Sites within 50 km | 126 |
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What is around it
- cist at Sand Fiold1.4 km
- Broch of Borwick2.1 km
- Mainland, Yesnaby, Brough of Bigging3.2 km
- Holy Kirk3.4 km
- Stones of Via, enclosure and stone setting, Loch of Clumly3.9 km
- Ring of Bookan,chambered cairn 180m SW of Bookan6.7 km
- Bookan Cairn7.2 km
- Ring of Brodgar8.3 km
- Saevar Howe8.4 km
- Fresh Knowe8.4 km
Updates from the atlas
Further reading
English Wikipedia · Wikidata Q816437
Nearby on the atlas
- Ring of Brodgar8.3 km
- All catalogued pages in United Kingdomcountry hub
Distances are great-circle, from the coordinates Pyramason holds for each site.