Archaeological sites · Scottish Islands
Knap of Howar
Knap of Howar — Oldest stone house in northwest Europe.
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Knap of Howar is a archaeological in islands. (Neolithic farmstead in northwest Scotland.) Wikipedia notes: "The Knap of Howar on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland, is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. Radiocarbon dating shows that it was occupied from 3800 BC to 2800 BC, earlier than the similar houses in the settlement at Skara Brae on the Orkney Mainland.". Coordinates 59.3493°, -2.9108°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 59.3493, -2.9108
Sources
- wikidata: Q1776885 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Knap of Howar (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Knapp of Howar 2.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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