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The stone building at Knap of Howar, Orkney, one of the oldest surviving houses in north-west Europe. The architecture of Scotland in the prehistoric era includes all human building within the modern borders of Scotland, before the arrival of the Romans in Britain in the first century BCE.
Scotland is geologically alien to Europe, comprising a sliver of the ancient continent of Laurentia (which later formed the bulk of North America).During the Cambrian period the crustal region which became Scotland formed part of the continental shelf of Laurentia, then still south of the equator.
The architecture of Scotland includes all human building within the modern borders of Scotland, from the Neolithic era to the present day. The earliest surviving houses go back around 9500 years, and the first villages 6000 years: Skara Brae on the Mainland of Orkney being the earliest preserved example in Europe.
Skara Brae / ˈ s k ær ə ˈ b r eɪ / is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill in the parish of Sandwick, on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland.
Architecture of Scotland in the Prehistoric era; Timeline of prehistoric Scotland; Oldest buildings in the United Kingdom; List of oldest known surviving buildings; Newgrange, one of Ireland's oldest buildings dating from c. 3100 BC; La Hougue Bie, one of Jersey's oldest buildings dating from c. 3500 BC
Prehistoric Scotland. Timeline of prehistoric Scotland; Prehistoric Scotland; Oldest buildings in Scotland; World Heritage Sites in Scotland; Jarlshof, Shetland;
Brochs are the most spectacular of a complex class of roundhouse buildings found throughout Atlantic Scotland. The Shetland Amenity Trust lists about 120 sites in Shetland as candidate brochs, while the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) identifies a total of 571 candidate broch sites throughout the ...
A building is defined as any human-made structure used or interface for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy. In order to qualify for this list, a structure must: be a recognisable building; incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height;