Gordon Childe is famous for his work at Skara Brae. Most of the place seems to have been dug by the time he got there though.

However Hut 7 remained hidden, and Patterson, who worked for him, found that. Here Patterson's account of how he excavated Hut 7 reads as if he is telling it over a cup of tea in the site hut.

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