Region : Orkney Home
Island : Mainland Map
Town or village : Stenness List
Grid Reference : HY 306 124 Glossary
Period : 3200-2800 BC Bibliography
Barnhouse

SETTLEMENT
Barnhouse settl. image

 
Beside the Loch of Harray (Mainland, Orkney), on an area measuring 80m x 60m, are the reconstructed remains of a Neolithic settlement, similar to the better preserved Skara Brae.
The site was severely damaged by ploughing: only the bases of the houses have survived, but the excavated remains have been reconstructed. In the houses, there are central kerbed hearths, bed alcoves and stone dressers.
Throughout the settlement there is a complex series of ditches and drains. There must have been a relationship between Barnhouse inhabitants and the nearby ceremonial site of the Stones of Stenness.