Those who know me well will be aware I am bit of a prehistory nerd, so being able to photograph the Neolithic site of Skara Brae at sunset was another one off the bucket list.
I've been twice to the visitors centre and site whist on Orcadian photo trips and on the last occasion a random conversation with one of the guides led me to being informed that, because it is a UNESCO site, it has be accessible at all times and the rear gate that forms part of the coastal walk is never locked. 😀
The village was uncovered during a storm in 1850, it was so well preserved furniture remained in situ inside the houses from it being abandoned around 2500BC, the site along with nearby stone circle the Ring of Brodgar, predate Stonehenge.
