| [00:02.10] | And the villagers were real neighbours, |
| [00:03.70] | living cheek by jowl, their houses connected by walled, |
| [00:07.89] | sometimes decorated alleyways. |
| [00:09.58] | It's not too much for a stretch to imagine gossip travelling down |
| [00:13.98] | those alleyways after a hearty seafood supper. |
| [00:21.62] | We have, in other words, |
| [00:22.58] | everything you could possibly want from a village except a church and a pub. |
| [00:30.96] | In 3,000 BC, the sea and the air were a little warmer than they are now. |
| [00:36.28] | And once they'd settled in their sandstone houses, |
| [00:39.31] | they could harvest red bream and mussels and oysters |
| [00:42.98] | that were abundant in the shallows. |
| [00:58.57] | Cattle provided meat and milk, |
| [01:00.37] | and dogs were kept for hunting and for company. |
| [01:03.02] | During the Neolithic centuries |
| [01:05.17] | there would have been at least a dozen little houses here, |
| [01:07.27] | half-dug into the ground for comfort and for safety. |
| [01:11.69] | A thriving, bustling little community of 50 or 60. |
| [01:20.01] | But the real miracle of Skara Brae |
| [01:21.89] | is that these houses were not mere shelters. |
| [01:24.93] | They were built by people who had culture, who had style. |
| [01:33.07] | And here's where they showed off that style. |
| [01:36.15] | The fully equipped, all-purpose Neolithic living room, |
| [01:39.79] | complete with luxuries and necessities. |
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