Picto Diary - 21 September 2019 - Skara Brae. Orkney Part 4 of 4

Above: Skara Brae. Orkney, Scotland. 21 September 2019.

Out and about in Orkney.

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. Consisting of eight clustered houses, it was occupied from roughly 3180 BC to about 2500 BC and is 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 and the Great Pyramids, it has been called the "Scottish Pompeii" because of its excellent preservation.

Hard to comprehend. People here went about their day to day 500 years before Cheops. — with Margaret Taylor at Skara Brae Prehistoric Village.

Above: Yesnabi Cliffs. Orkney, Scotland. 21 September 2019.

Out and about in Orkney.

Above: Skaill House, Our Group, Captain Cook's Crockery. Orkney, 21 September 2019.

Out and about in Orkney.

Skaill House is a historic manor house in Sandwickparish on Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The house overlooks the neolithic site, Skara Brae, and the Bay of Skaill.

Most interesting was the crockery set from Captain Cook's bark, "Endeavor."

Driver/guide Jean informs our group.

Jean doesn't like Brexit. She says it is almost certain that Scots will vote to separate from UK post Brexit. She believes Scotland, then, will join the EU. Jean says Scotland received a lot of benefits from the EU. Jean lamented the plight of her master electrician son who, she claimed, had to pay 50% more for parts and supplies ordered from EU countries on the continent post Brexit vote.