A brief introduction to Orkney’s prehistory
![Skara Brae, Sandwick. (Sigurd Towrie)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/skarapano.jpg?resize=850%2C361&ssl=1)
Skara Brae, Sandwick. (Sigurd Towrie)
At the Ness of Brodgar excavation site we have pieced together a biography that spans millennia – from traces of Mesolithic activity to the site’s Neolithic heyday, through to the early Bronze Age and with a later episode of use in the Iron Age.
To place this biography in context, we are putting together a brief guide to Orkney’s prehistory to give website visitors a better idea of the site’s place in over 5,000 years of human activity.
The first pages of this new section are available here (and via the site left-side menu) and will be expanded over the coming weeks.