KIRKWALL, Scotland — It’s been described as an outdoor cathedral of sorts, and to me that’s exactly how it feels. As I stand on this windswept bit of Orkney looking down at the Ness of Brodgar dig ...

On the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, peat—that spongy stuff found in bogs and made of partly decomposed vegetation and organic matter—has long been a vital resource for heating, cooking, ...

Archaeologists are set to resume excavations at the Ness of Brodgar after a remarkable discovery.The discovery was made using advanced 3D radar technology, revealing something the team describes as ...

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An ancient Neolithic structure known as a cursus, believed to be the only complete such monument found in Britain, has been discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Arran. A team of archaeologists, led by ...