Orkney, the Surprising Center of Neolithic Britain

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Orkney, the Surprising Center of Neolithic Britain

Twenty years ago, on an island off the northern tip of Scotland, the owners of a farmhouse decided to plow a small patch of land to plant wildflowers. Their neighbor was looking out of the window while doing the dishes and saw the plow bring up a huge flagstone entangled in its teeth. She was curious, but could not possibly have foreseen just how important the find would turn out to be. This flagstone turned out to be just one small building blo…