British Domestic Dwellings in Prehistory
Reconstructed Neolithic Hut at Stonehenge , England This evening, I am providing information on a selection of domestic dwellings in Britain spanning a period of about 4500 years, from the Early Neolithic to the Iron Age. Neolithic Period ( 4500-2200 BC) Reconstructed Neolithic hut at Stonehenge, England Reconstructed Neolithic hut at Stonehenge, England Skara Brae , Orkney, Scotland Skara Brae, Orkney, Scotland. Bronze Age (2200 BC to 800 BC) Reconstructed Bronze Age Hut, Brodick Castle, Scotland. Interior of Bronze Age Hut, Brodick, Scotland I ron Age (800 BC to 43 AD) The two images immediately below are age remains of brochs. Brochs are unique to Scotland with the majority dating from around 100 BC to 100 AD. There are over 500 known sites of these structures in Scotland, but it is only in the Highlands and Islands that brochs are to be found in any numbers. The brochs are tall, windowless towers,cleverly engineered, they represent the peak of dry-stone wall building and are...