Orkney, day 2, part 2

Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. It consists of eight clustered houses, and was occupied from roughly 3180 BCE–2500 BCE. Europe's most complete Neolithic village, Skara Brae gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status as one of four sites making up "The Heart of Neolithic Orkney." Older than Stonehenge or the Great Pyramids, it has been called the "Scottish Pompeii" because of its excellent preservation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skara_Brae



We paid our admission at the Visitors Centre and walked out to a replica of one of the dwellings. By the time we left there to walk out to the actual settlement, there was a driving rain. My dad and I agreed we'd wait it out in the Visitors Centre. I think we only got as far back as the replica dwelling by the time the rain let up. With that wind, those showers move fast.

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