I have made outrageous claims for the presence of a lagoon of unfrozen water against the east coast of England and Scotland during the late stages of the last ice age. The evidence for this, and other claims is here.

#BritishAndIrishIceSheet #BIIS
#neolithic #archaeology #orkney #prehistory #SkaraBrae ##NessofBrodgar
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2026/03/quaternary-addendum.html

Solving the Riddle, is an attempt to solve a simple mystery. Did neolithic people have boats capable if crossing between Scotland and Orkney? If not how did huge numbers get there to build the Ring of Brodgar?

#neolithic #Orkney #prehistory #Archaeology #skaraBrae #NessofBrodgar 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2026/06/solving-riddle.html

Researching neolithic Orkney, the henges ,how they were built, and where did the people come from? The Orkney Riddle.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2026/06/solving-riddle.html

Gordon Childe is the most famous archaeologist to be associated with Orkney, for his work at Skara Brae. He led an interesting life. There is a lot to recommend in perhaps not having an interesting life!

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2026/04/vere-gordon-childe-of-skara-brae.html

When all is said and done, what difference does neolithic people walking to orkney, the idea thereof, make to our idea of what neolithic Britain was really like?

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/finally.html

Quick set of conclusions about the possibility that neolithic people being able to walk from Scotland to Orkney across land that was washed away as global sea levels rose. Conclusions may or may not be correct, What do you think?

#neolithic #orkney #prehistory #archaeology #SkaraBrae #NessofBrodgar

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/in-conclusion.html

Short and sweet. A firecracker of conclusions that kinda make sense to me about the evidence that exists for walkable land between Scotland and Orkney.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #NessofBrodgar #skarabrae

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/in-conclusion.html

Westray and Papa Westray are a pair of islands in the northern orkney group. They have two major settlements on them, Knap of Howar from neolithic time, and Links of Noltland from Iron Age times. These two sites relate to each other, indicating how the islands were occupied in prehistory.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae #knapofHowar #LinksofNoltland

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-westrays.html

As the construction of roofing at the Ness of Brodgar was largely of timber, the actual duration of occupation of the structures is likely to have been limited by preservation, or lack thereof, of the wood it was built with.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/dating-ness-of-brodgar.html