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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.
Prehistoric England; Prehistoric Scotland. ... United Kingdom (since 1707) Victorian period; ... on a modern topographical map.
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.
Prehistoric Britain (Prehistory–AD 43) Prehistoric Scotland; Prehistoric Wales; Roman Britain (44–407) Sub-Roman Britain (407–597) Britain in the Middle Ages (597–1485) Anglo-Saxon England (597–1066) Scotland in the Early Middle Ages (400–900) Scotland in the High Middle Ages (900–1286) Norman Conquest (1066)
The site is now considered to be of such significance that Nick Card, director of excavations, was prompted to say in 2012: "We need to turn the map of Britain upside down when we consider the Neolithic and shrug off our south-centric attitudes...London may be the cultural hub of Britain today, but 5,000 years ago, Orkney was the centre for ...
There are many prehistoric sites and structures of interest remaining from prehistoric Britain, spanning the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.Among the most important are the Wiltshire sites around Stonehenge and Avebury, which are designated as a World Heritage Site.
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. Stone Age settlers began to build in wood in what is now Scotland from at least 8,000 years ago.
Prehistoric Scotland (6 C, 8 P) Prehistoric sites in the United Kingdom (7 C) Prehistoric Wales (2 C, 12 P) S. Stone Age Britain (4 C, 30 P)