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

The Westrays are a couple of islands on the northern half of the island group. They carry two significant settlements from different eras. The knap of Howar is Neolithic, the oldest settlement of the era in orkney, and the Links of Noltland is from the second millenium BC.

The archaeology demonstrates what happened in prehistoric Orkney.

#orkney #neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #KnapofHowar #LinksofNoltland

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

There are 3 basic phases to the Ness of Brodgar, the Barnhouse phase, the Castaway Phase, and the Hunting Party Phase.

#neolithic #archaeology #prehistory #orkney

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