Historic Environment Scotland et al. (2019): Heart of Neolithic Orkney - Skara Brae. OpenHeritage3D. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.26301/BG71-J789
| Identifier: | doi:10.26301/BG71-J789 |
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| Creators: | Historic Environment Scotland [Other=https://www.historicenvironment.scot/]; Historic Environment Scotland [Other=https://www.historicenvironment.scot/]; CyArk [Other=https://cyark.org/]; School of Simulation and Visualisation [Other=http://www.gsa.ac.uk/research/research-centres/school-of-simulation-and-visualisation/] |
| Title [Other]: | Heart of Neolithic Orkney - Skara Brae |
| Publisher: | OpenHeritage3D |
| Publication year: | 2019 |
| Resource type: | Dataset/Dataset |
| Description [Abstract]: | In 2010, Historic Environment Scotland partnered with CyArk and the School of Simulation and Visualisation to document five of Scotland's UNESCO World Heritage Sites in five years. These sites include the Antonine Wall, St. Kilda, Edinburgh, New Lanark and Neolithic Orkney. Neolithic Orkney is a grouping of neolithic monuments in the Orkney archipelago on the Northeast coast of Scotland that provide a rare glimpse into prehistoric life in Northern Europe. Documentation efforts at Neolithic Orkney focused on several key archaeological sites including Skara Brae, the Ring of Brodgar, Maeshowe and the Stones of Stenness. In August 2010, the project partners used LiDAR, or laser scanning, to record the present condition of the structures as well as the surrounding context for use in monitoring and to support the ongoing management of the sites. Some 5,000 years ago, the prehistoric people of the Orkney Islands began building extraordinary monuments out of stone. Each of the four Heart of Neolithic Orkney sites is a masterpiece of Neolithic design and construction in itself. But together they represent one of the richest surviving Neolithic landscapes in Western Europe. The series of important domestic and ritual monuments gives us incredible insights into the society, skills and spiritual beliefs of the people who built the monuments. Skara Brae is a domestic settlement whose stone walls, passageways and stone furnishings - including beds and 'dressers' - survive to the present day. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/skara-brae/ |
| Subjects: | cairn; stone circle; archaeology; prehistory; chambered tomb; |
| Dates: | 2010-08-01 [Collected]; 2010-08-31 [Collected]; 2019-04-18 [Submitted] |
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| Rights: | Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode] |
| Geolocations: | [point (-3.341800,59.048712)] |
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