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What is it?

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A prehistoric village <br>with 8 stone houses

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Where is it?

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In the Orkney Islands in Scotland, UK

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How old is it?

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It's about 5,000 years old - <br>older than Stonehenge <br>and even the Pyramids in <br>Egypt!

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What did the houses look like inside?

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Each house is one big room.

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Families used the room as a <br>bedroom, kitchen and living room.

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There was a fireplace in <br>the middle and stone furniture like chairs, beds and <br>cupboards.

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Some homes have a second room.

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It is small and <br>experts aren’t sure what it was for, but some think it was a <br>toilet.

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The eighth house is apart from the others and has no <br>beds.

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It was probably where the villagers made their tools <br>and jewellery, and where they hung out together.

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What objects did experts come across in the village?

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They came across stone knives and other stone tools.

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They <br>also discovered jewellery like necklaces, bracelets and pins.

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<br>There were many pots, buttons and beads.

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There was even a <br>game - a pair of dice with matching marks on each side!

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What did the experts find out about the villagers?

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From the number of homes, experts worked out that 50-100 <br>people lived in Skara Brae.

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They had cows and sheep.

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They <br>also grew plants.

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This makes them the first farmers we know <br>of in Britain!

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They caught fish and other sea animals, too.

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<br>The people of Skara Brae were hardworking and artistic.

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<br>They also liked spending time and playing games with other <br>people!

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Experts believe the villagers left Skara Brae in <br>around 2,500 BCE, but they don’t know why.