Region : Orkney Island : Papa Westray (Papay) Town or village : Holland Grid Reference : HY 483 518 Period : 3500-3100 BC Knap of Howar FARMHOUSE, SETTLEMENT

Two oblong stone-built houses, dating from 3500 BC. Both were subdivided into rooms by upright stone slabs and were furnished with hearths, pits and cupboards. The larger building (in the photo) was the farmhouse, divided into an outer living/sleeping room and an inner cooking room (the quern is still in position). The smaller building, added later, seems to have been a store or a workshop. Today they are situated on the coast, but 5500 years ago the seashore was farther west. It is probably the oldest surviving human settlement in western Europe. In care of Historic Scotland

Other settlements ------------------ Barnhouse Clickimin Gurness Jarlshof Knap of Howar Scord of Brouster Skara Brae Other sites in Orkney ---------------------- Barnhouse Settlement Barnhouse Stone Blackhammer Comet Stone Cuween Hill Dwarfie Stane Grain Gurness Holm of Papa Westray North Holm of Papa Westray South Isbister (Tomb of the Eagles) Knap of Howar Knowe of Lairo Knowe of Yarso Liddle Maes Howe Midhowe Broch Midhowe Chambered Cairn Rennibister Ring of Brodgar (Brogar) Skara Brae Stone of Setter Stones of Stenness Taversoe Tuick Unstan Vinquoy Watch Stone Wideford Hill