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- The oldest settlements in Scotland include123:
- Lussa Wood and the Mesolithic settlement, An Carn on the Isle of Jura, dating back to 7000 BCE with seasonal settlement going back to at least 10,500 BCE.
- Skara Brae on Orkney, dating back to 3200 BCE, with remarkably civilized stone-built houses.
- A similar settlement, also on Orkney, dating from 3500 BC to 3100 BC, which is thought to be the oldest preserved standing building in northern Europe.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.In the 1960's CE, the archaeologist John Mercer established that the stone rings found at Lussa Wood and the Mesolithic settlement, An Carn, both on the Isle of Jura in the Inner Hebrides, are the oldest stone structures in Scotland, dating back to 7000 BCE with seasonal settlement of the area going back at least to 10,500 BCE.www.worldhistory.org/Scotland_(Ancient)/Skara Brae, also on Orkney is an ancient stone-built settlement with houses connected by covered passages. Dating back to 3200BC, the houses are remarkably civilised with stone beds and seats.www.scotland.org/inspiration/ancient-history-of-sco…Dating from 3500 BC to 3100 BC, it is similar in design to Skara Brae, but from an earlier period, and it is thought to be the oldest preserved standing building in northern Europe.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skara_Brae - People also ask
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This timeline of prehistoric Scotland is a chronologically ordered list of important archaeological sites in Scotland and of major events affecting Scotland's human inhabitants and culture during the prehistoric period. The period of prehistory prior to occupation by the genus Homo is part of the geology of Scotland. Prehistory in Scotland ends with the arrival of the Romans in southern Scotland in the 1st ce…
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