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1 SKARA BRAE, ORKNEY A UNESCO World Heritage Site – and older even than Stonehenge – this coastal Neolithic settlement is the finest example of its kind in Western Europe and so well preserved it has

Severe drought helped bring about a ‘barbarian’ invasion of roman britain

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