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Megaliths tagged “settlement”

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Standing Stones of Yoxie

Late Neolithic · Shetland Neolithic

Neolithic 'standing stones' house on Whalsay, 18×10 m, part of Pettigarths Field settlement, c.3000 BCE.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Skara Brae

Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware / Orcadian Neolithic

Exceptionally preserved Late Neolithic stone-built village of eight clustered houses with stone furniture, hearths and drains. Revealed 1850 after storm, often called Scotland's answer to Pompeii.