Neolithic Orkney: It all began 6000 years ago

This video gives a brief history of Neolithic Orkney. Who were the mysterious ancient people of this time and why did they come to Orkney? It all began 6000 years ago. This is their story.

Orkney contains some of the best preserved neolithic structures, monuments and houses in the world. This unique place has a long history, spanning back to the end of the last ice age.

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[projectp]

Fantastic … my grandad lived her as a boy and got to watch Ww2 ship pass … he claimed he watch them be sunk also but he also told a lot of “story’s” so I never new if that part was actually true !

[Hew.Jarsol]

Why are they always labelled as "settlers"? People always move around.

[FoxWolfWorld]

They probably built henges because they had no internet so they were bored af. What else was there to do other than stick some giant rocks in the ground

[zztops]

But that north sea is crazy, angry mofo

[User-kjxklyntrw]

Actually I never believe what archeolog said about tgis site 6000 years this site 10000 years old, many sites on the world not so old like archeolog said, many actually just 2000 years old