In the centre of the village, a small side road branched away and climbed a steep brae beyond the houses and back gardens. |
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No moans about the cold, just sheer exhilaration as we swooped down the brae to more photographs. |
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A Land-Rover track past Swordland Lodge branches left, down a brae and past a cairn, through a gateway into Tarbet. |
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The scenic road along the brae is one of the most disorienting places on earth. |
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Following Christmas Night Mass, there will be a recital of Christmas songs and carols at the foot of the brae, in order to raise funds for the Christmas Lighting. |
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With the mirrored shades on I zipped up the tent then ran sideyways down the brae to pop the milk back in the pool. |
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A splendid tent was erected on the brae north of the town, and round that the countless congregation assembled. |
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The party was in a big bungalow with an enormous brae for a garden. |
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In the Skara Brae object, you can see how cunningly the top and base ridges are off-centre, allowing it initially to be held vertically. |
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By the time he woke up it was dark, upon checking his watch, Brae saw that it was already past eight o'clock. |
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The turquoise blue Martha Brae river ran in a big curve through the estate, overhung with giant bamboos and full of crayfish. |
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It was dark outside, but Brae could make out more uniformed people, ushering students off of the plane. |
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Brae followed cautiously, and Chase stood behind him stammering his misgivings. |
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Brae sat back happily and listened half-heartedly to Chase's unceasing jabber. |
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Later in the afternoon, at 5.40 pm, a two vehicle accident saw cars colliding on the Hatston Brae after slipping on snow. |
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Brae said something quickly and dynamically in French, and Gabe muttered gutturally back at him. |
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The baton started its journey through the Shetlands via Sumburgh airport and visited Sandwick, Scalloway, Aith, Brae and Lerwick. |
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Given the number of homes, it seems likely that no more than fifty people lived in Skara Brae at any given time. |
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The Grooved Ware People who built Skara Brae were primarily pastoralists who raised cattle and sheep. |
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This pastoral lifestyle is in sharp contrast to some of the more exotic interpretations of the culture of the Skara Brae people. |
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There is also a site currently under excavation at Links of Noltland on Westray that appears to have similarities to Skara Brae. |
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In addition to Skara Brae the site includes Maeshowe, the Ring of Brodgar, the Standing Stones of Stenness and other nearby sites. |
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The monuments at the heart of Neolithic Orkney and Skara Brae proclaim the triumphs of the human spirit in early ages and isolated places. |
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The houses at Skara Brae on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands are very similar, but are grouped into a village linked by low passageways. |
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His best known excavation was undertaken from 1928 to 1930 at Skara Brae in the Orkney Islands. |
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The Morrone Birkwood Nature Reserve is a nature reserve on the edge of the village reached from the car park at the top of Chapel Brae. |
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Most of the retail premises are in the main street, or on Davies Brae, which runs south from the village centre. |
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Skara Brae located on Orkney island off Scotland is one of Europe's best examples of a Neolithic village. |
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The western ridges are more complex and include Great Sca Fell, Meal Fell, Great Cockup, Little Cockup, Brae Fell and Longlands Fell. |
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The Neil Gunn Trust was established in 1986, and in October 1987 a monument to the writer was unveiled on the Heights of Brae, Strathpeffer. |
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The dimwitted tourist also helped detectives by scrawling what appears to be his own name on a stone at Skara Brae, Orkney. |
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The 3am drama happened at a house in Dunlin Brae, in the Ladywell area of Livingston, West Lothian. |
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The swimming pool is at the high point of the village on Fank Brae. |
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A Brae is an old Scots word for the high ground adjoining a river bank. |
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The site was farther from the sea than it is today, and it is possible that Skara Brae was built adjacent to a fresh water lagoon protected by dunes. |
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