Skara Brae

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Alternative Names Skerrabrae; Skea Brae; Bay Of Skaill; Skaill House; Skail Bay
Site type SETTLEMENT (NEOLITHIC)
Canmore ID 1663
Site Number HY21NW 12.00
NGR HY 23125 18745
Council ORKNEY ISLANDS
Parish SANDWICK
Former Region ORKNEY ISLANDS AREA
Former District ORKNEY
Former County ORKNEY

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Drawings

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Item sort ascending DescriptionCollectionDateCopyright
DC 11559 P/CO Drawings of bone objects & pottery from BAR 33, p241    1976 Clarke, D V/NMAS 
DC 11560 P/CO Drawings of bone objects & pottery from BAR 33, p241    1976 Clarke, D V/NMAS 
DC 31281 Transparency - gazetteer of sites. Publication drawing. Fig.1  AOC Archaeology Group  1988 Historic Scotland 
DC 52009 Sketch plan of house 4 at Skara Brae (Petrie's chamber C). with annotations and measurements. Drawn by Dryden from measurements taken by Watt and recorded by Petrie in Notebooks 8 & 9..  Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden.  RCAHMS 
ORD 81/1 Plan Inv Fig 348    1938 RCAHMS 
ORD 82/2 Plan    RCAHMS 
ORD 82/3 Plan of house 4 at Skara Brae.  Society of Antiquaries of Scotland  1865 RCAHMS 
ORD 82/4 Plan of Houses 1, 3, 4 & 5.  Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden.  1865 RCAHMS 
ORD 82/5 Sketch elevations of Skara Brae.  Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden.  1879 RCAHMS 
ORD 82/6 Plan of part of House 1 and exterior.  Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden.  RCAHMS 
ORD 82/7 Plan of House 1 at Skara Brae.  Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden.  1879 RCAHMS 
ORD 82/8 Plan of Houses 1, 3, 4 & 5.  Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden.  1879 RCAHMS 
ORD 82/9 Sections through Houses 1 & 5 & passage elevations.  Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden.  1879 RCAHMS 
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