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World Heritage, excavated neolithic settlements

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Skara Brae Boundary Wall Extension — Bay of Skaill Middens

Late Neolithic (3180–2500 BCE) · Grooved Ware Orkney

Skara extension excavated by Clarke 1928–30 and recent erosion exposures, middens with pottery, bone tools and dyke wall.