Skara Brea was a country side found after a sandstorm. It was there ever since the 1800's. There are amazing orkney stones and cool houses made out of sandstone for there shelter. It looks amazing if you search on the web for pics of orkney houses, how they were made. I am just wondering that if our people live there know. Scientists are still discovering how the poor had shelter, food, clothing and etc. They found a big circle made out of mud, with orkney stones around it, which os chipped off today. But they believe it was a huge rectangle long ago. I don't think airplanes fly to Skara Brea. It is an interesting place. I want to go there some time. I saw all the real pictures on telivision, school, books and on the web about Skara Brea.
2007-10-07 04:07:19 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
If you mean 'do people live in Skara Brea now', the answer is no, they don't. The houses date from 100s of years ago. You can get an aircraft to Orkney, but not direct to the site, which is not really all that big.
2007-10-07 04:37:00 · answer #1 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Skara Brae is empty now except for tourists and other visitors. The houses are thousands of years old, and the whole place is fascinating! I hope you will be able to go there one day.
You can fly into Kirkwall airport on Orkney, or travel by ferry from mainland Scotland. The nearest town to Skara Brae is Stromness. Here's a map
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/councils/region30.html
Have you already seen this site?
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/skarabrae/skarab1.htm
2007-10-07 06:06:48 · answer #2 · answered by vita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋