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3 November 2014

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What were the
houses like?

Skara Brae door

The door to each of the houses was a large slab of stone, big enough to fill the low gap from the passage. When the door was closed it was held in place by a bar slotted into the bar holes. Why do you think the people might have wanted to lock the door?


Inside a house
Food for guests
New York skyline
A stone bed
A stone dresser
The hearth
A Skara Brae house door
A cell in the wall


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