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Skara Brae

Neolithic archaeological site in Scotland
Place archaeological_site Q816437

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
archaeological site, Neolithic settlement[5]
Inception
3180 BC[7]
Country
United Kingdom[4]
Part of
Heart of Neolithic Orkney[6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 59.049°, -3.342°
Area
+0.5, +1620[14][15]
Associated electoral district
Orkney and Shetland[17]
Described by source
Atlas of Vanishing Places[9]
Different from
Skara Brae[13]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2500 BC[8]
Heritage designation
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, scheduled monument[10][11]
Historic county
Orkney Islands[18]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Orkney Islands, Sandwick[2][3]
Native label
Skara Brae[12]
Time period
Neolithic[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Skara Brae en Skara Brae, settlement, mounds and other remains ar سكارا براي el Σκάρα Μπράε el Σκάρα Μπρε el Skara Brae el Νεολιθικός Οικισμός Skara Brae fa سکارا برای he סקארה ברי ja スカラ・ブラエ ja スカラ・ブレイ ko 스캐러 브레이 ru Скара-Брей ru Скара-Брэй zh 斯卡拉坡 zh 斯卡拉山坡 zh 斯卡拉布雷新石器时代遗迹 zh-hant 斯卡拉佈雷遺跡
🔖 Identifiers · 17
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Orkney Skara Brae.jpg ↗
Atlas Obscura place ID
skara-brae
Canmore ID
1663
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Skara-Brae
Freebase ID
/m/074w_
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2607864
GeoNames ID
2637786
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Skara_Brae
Grove Art Online ID
T079093
Historic Environment Scotland ID
SM90276
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
56389
Lex ID
Skara_Brae
Show all 17 identifiers +5
OpenStreetMap way ID
249805919
Pleiades ID
80606012
TripAdvisor ID
210242
World Heritage Site ID
514bis-004
World History Encyclopedia ID
Skara_Brae

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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
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🔗 Connections
Associated electoral district 1
Orkney and Shetland
Belongs to 1
Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Country 1
United Kingdom
Heritage designation 1
scheduled monument
Historic county 1
Orkney Islands
Instance of 1
archaeological site
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Orkney Islands
Part of 1
Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Time period 1
Neolithic
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Summary

Skara Brae is an archaeological site[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21w ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Skara Brae'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: Skara Brae"
  2. 25w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/skara-brae/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn an"
  3. 27w ago · Jarkn · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved → —
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → -2500-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inception → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+0.5'}, {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1620'}
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/skara-brae/, Add Slovak descriptive resource (P973)"
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