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	Orkneyjar - The Knap o' Howar
		The outer chamber has a low stone bench running along the wall, while excavations in the other chamber indicated that it was probably a kitchen of sorts, with a central hearth and footings for wooden benches.
		With the Knap o' Howar this is certainly far from the truth.
		Among the artefacts uncovered at the Knap o' Howar were stone tools and examples of Unstan ware pottery - a style of Neolithic pottery named after the characteristic type found at the Unstan Cairn in Stenness.
	www.orkneyjar.com /history/knaphowar.htm (651 words)

	Masonry Construction
		Dating from c.3500 — 3100BC the stone building at Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney is one of the oldest surviving houses in NW Europe.
		This was spectacularly achieved at Knap of Howar where a further sophistication is the form of the figure-of-eight plan-shape employed in each of the two adjacent blocks.
		Continuing the Knap of Howar constructional techniques, the juxtaposition of curvilinear low stone-walled houses, and interconnecting streets, created an integrated village community.
	www.nsiuk.org /bwss/html/masonry_construction.html (954 words)

	Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney - page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Knap was inhabited during the same period as the famous Skara Brae site on mainland Orkney but was constructed earlier.
		A key to understanding the Knap of Howar is that sea levels - and, therefore, the shoreline- have changed dramatically in the last five to six thousand years.The Knap would have been some distance from the sea, perhaps part of a larger settlement.
		The name 'Knap of Howar' means the 'knoll of mounds' and describes the sandy dunes which covered the remains before their first excavation by William Traill and William Kirkness in 1929.
	www.island-guide.com /uk/knap1.htm (567 words)

	Prehistoric Scotland: Neolithic Era
		Scotland's oldest homestead, on the Knap of Howar, Orkney, (right) originally stood well inland beside fertile farmland, as opposed to their present exposed location close to Papa Westray's rocky shoreline.
		At Knap of Howar the individual houses are separate while at Skara Brae they are clustered together and linked with passages.
		At Knap of Howar both utilitarian ware and much finer pottery was found and it is thought they were all manufactured on the site itself.
	members.aol.com /skyelander/prehist2.html (2332 words)

	All about Scotland - Over 350 pages on Scotland past and present (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		While some remains have been found on the Scottish mainland, the best preserved Neolithic houses are to be found in Orkney (though contemporary farming settlements, complete with the walls outlining the fields and stock enclosures around each farm, can still be found in Shetland).
		At Knap of Howar, on the Island of Papa Westray in the northern part of Orkney, there is a farm which was founded around 3600BC and was the home for successive generations of a family over the next five hundred years.
		Knap of Howar was a flourishing farm, cultivating the adjacent land and breeding cattle and sheep, while also fishing in the nearby sea.
	scotland.gmdesign.org.uk /farmers.htm (878 words)

	knap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Knap's Independent Battery E is a Civil War artillery reenactment organization.
		Belas Knap is one of the finest neolithic long barrows in Gloucestershire.
		KNAP is a professional assistance program designed to assist all nurses and...
	www.packedsearch.com /search.aspx?searchkey=knap (744 words)

	Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney - page 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Knap could not have been built by primitive hunter-gatherers.
		The inhabitants of the Knap farmed cattle and sheep in addition to their fishing.
		The pottery found at the Knap of Howar is known as Unstan ware - Unstan being the site where such pottery was first found.
	www.btinternet.com /~alan.price/papay/knap3.htm (195 words)

	Knap of Howar (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The oldest known standing architecture in Europe is found on the remote island of Papa Westray, one of the Orkneys.
		The example on the holm has four pairs of them—partitioned using the same technique as in the houses—leading to a single chamber at the south end of the tomb.
		Of course, there is no way of linking this particular tomb directly with Knap of Howar but the distance is not great and the holm may well have been linked to the rest of the island at the time.
	www.odysseyadventures.ca.cob-web.org:8888 /articles/knapohowar/article_knap.htm (1035 words)

	British Archaeology, no 52, April 2000: Favourite finds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		My favourite discoveries were made at Knap of Howar on Papa Westray, Orkney, in 1973 and 1975.
		Knap of Howar was first discovered through coastal erosion in the 1930s and was taken into state guardianship.
		We discovered there was an overlap in the dates so the people at Knap of Howar could possibly have used the cairn, but we couldn't prove it.
	www.britarch.ac.uk /ba/ba52/ba52int.html (681 words)

	History of Scotland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The oldest standing house in Northern Europe is at Knap of Howar, dating from 3500 BC (see also image).
		Neolithic farming brought permanent settlements, and the wonderfully well-preserved stone house at Knap of Howar on Papa Westray dating from 3500 BC predates by about 500 years the village of similar houses at Skara Brae on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands.
		The settlers introduced chambered cairn tombs from around 3500 BC (Maeshowe offers a prime example), and from about 3000 BC the many standing stones and circles such as the Ring of Brodgar on Orkney and Callanish on Lewis.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/History_of_Scotland (8353 words)

	The Knap of Howar (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Excavations have also revealed that the current houses were not the first on the site but may have been built upon the midden remains of an earlier structure.
		The landscape surrounding the Knap of Howar has altered dramatically over the past five thousand years.
		During its occupation the farmstead did not sit by the shore but instead lay in open grassland behind a wall of sand dunes.
	www.orkney.org.cob-web.org:8888 /tradition/knap.htm (510 words)

	A Brief History of Orkney - The Neolithic
		The daily way of life of these early farmers can be gleaned from the remains of their houses, burial places and monuments as well as the less grand, but equally important, materials such as pottery, tools and refuse.
		Skara Brae on the western shores of the Orkney Mainland give clear insights into the domestic lives of the farming communities.
		At the Knap o' Howar, for example, the bones of domesticated cattle, sheep and pigs were found alongside those of wild deer, whales and seals.
	www.orkneyjar.com /history/history3.htm (402 words)

	Knap of Howar (Knap o' Howar) \| Image by Kammer \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Knap of Howar (Knap o' Howar) \| Image by ...
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		Taken August 1997: This is a view of the two Neolithic houses at the Knap of Howar, taken looking west.
		Louise is sitting in the northern house (technically a workshop) on what might have been a chair or a prehistoric workbench.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /post/8034 (63 words)

	Elegant Report
		From preference sandy soils would have been chosen - such as those around Skara brae, the Knap of Howar, and the Links of Noltland - since these were easiest to work with primitive implements, and the heavier gleys of the valley bottoms would have been avoided..
		According to Anna Ritchie (1995) the Knap of Howar houses on Papa Westray in Orkney c.
		The fuel for fires was indicated by charcoal from driftwood (spruce or larch), and charcoal from the midden (alder and birch).
	www.tc.umn.edu /~call0031/dailylifeinneolithicscotland.html (8382 words)

	Prehistoric.org.uk - Knap of Howar - Prehistoric Houses
		Prehistoric.org.uk - Knap of Howar - Prehistoric Houses
		Knap of Howar is on the west coast of the island of Papa Westray, not far from the airfield.
		A pile of domestic refuse consisting of waste food, dung, animal bones - basically anything that the local inhabitants wanted to dispose of.
	www.prehistoric.org.uk /orkney/knap_of_howar.html (332 words)

	The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Knap of Howar Ancient Village or Settlement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Knap of Howar is a Neolithic Farmstead in Orkney.
		The Neolithic site of Knap of Howar (which means "mound of mounds") consists of two stone built structures, side by side, linked by a passage.
		e writes of the Knap of Howar: Staring out through the low Neolithic doorway on to the beach just below, and puzzling at the paradox of this seemingly eternal structure's precarious location at water's edge, I eventually ducked down under the low lintel and descended the 20 or so paces necessary to access the beach.
	www.megalithic.co.uk /article.php?sid=872788502 (1010 words)

	Knap of Howar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main house now looks out over the sea.
		Knap of Howar - Neolithic Houses - Ancient Sites Directory
		This page was last modified 00:08, 20 October 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Knap_of_Howar (329 words)

	The Orkney and Shetland Touring Company - The Orkney Islands - Papa Westray Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It has the oldest known house in Orkney, the Knap of Howar, which dates from 3600BC - 500 years before Skara Brae.
		The StBoniface Church near the Knap of Howar has been refurbished and is worth a visit.
		The Knap of Howar on Papay is older than Skara Brae.
	www.orkneyshetland.co.uk /orkney/papa_westray.html (304 words)

	Chambered Cairns in Orkney
		In many ways these tombs are similar to the contemporary houses at Skara Brae and Knap of Howar, so that perhaps the "houses of the dead reflect the houses of "the living".
		These are wide, round bottomed pots, which may or may not be decorated, and are also associated with the Knap of Howar in Papay, as well as Stonehall in Firth.
		The MH type have rectangular chambers with high corbelled roofs and cells which may also have high roofs, but which lack the upright stalls of the OC type.
	www.maeshowe.co.uk /maeshowe/chamber.html (730 words)

	Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney - page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney - page 2
		The Knap of Howar - main entrance, inside aspect
		You can see from the photographs that the stonework is skillfully constructed and similar to that employed in building dykes (field walls) and 18th-19th century houses on Papay.
	www.btinternet.com /~alan.price/papay/knap2.htm (240 words)

	Knap of Howar - Wikipedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Der Knap of Howar auf Papa Westray, einer Insel der Orkneys, ist eine jungsteinzeitliche, aufgrund der Überdeckung durch eine Düne bewahrte Anlage an der Westküste der Insel.
		Knap of Howar House 1 - Blick auf die Nordost-Wand
		Ritchie, Excavations of a neolithic farmstead at Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney.
	de.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Knap_of_Howar (576 words)

	Orkney 2004
		Knap of Howar, Papay: approx.6000 years old - not in bad shape...
		Knap of Howar - now what colour cushions to use?
		Interesting and old - the 2 stone dwellings at Knap of Howar
	homepage.mac.com /rpjohnson/PhotoAlbum12.html (234 words)

	Knap of Howar
		The Knap of Howar (knoll of mounds) is the site of Orkneys oldest known buildings and even possibly the oldest standing stone house in Europe.
		The two Neolithic houses linked by a narrow passage, are thought to date from 3500 BC.
		Among the many finds at this site were fragments of pottery and flint tools,and mallets made of antler and whalebone.
	www.highlandtraveller.com /sites/ancient/knapofhowar.html (61 words)

	Papa Westray (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It can be reached from Westray by the shortest scheduled flight in the world, 2.4 kilometres in total, taking less than two minute actual flying time.
		The Knap of Howar, like Skara Brae on the West Mainland was covered by a protective layer of sand and exposed by a violent storm.
		The site consists of two remarkably well preserved stone built houses which lay side by side on the western shore of Papay.
	www.orknet.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /tourism/papay.htm (310 words)

	Knap of Howar (Knap o' Howar) (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Knap of Howar ...
		Knap of Howar (Knap o' Howar) (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc.
		The Knap of Howar is the oldest known inhabited structure in northern Europe!
		As well as this introductory page about the Knap of Howar, this site contains a three page article (nothing too heavy going) and some rather good photos.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/207 (910 words)

	TIME Europe :: European Journey 2005 :: Orkney Islands
		Luckily for the modern traveler, the Orkneys' lack of any real tree covering forced the ancients to fashion everything in stone, including such objects as furniture and household storage, precisely the type of temporary items that have long since perished elsewhere.
		And so, at the Knap of Howar settlement, on the northern island of Papa Westray, 5,000-year-old cooking pots, stone furniture and household containers remain in place while the Atlantic pounds the tough flagstone beach just 30 m below.
		I once sat in the "living room" at Knap of Howar, absent-mindedly rubbing my hands around the basin of a quernstone that had been used 5,000 years before to grind grain for bread.
	www.time.com /time/europe/wonder/orkneys.html (1323 words)

	The island of Papa Westray (Papay), Orkney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Papa Westray, known to locals as Papay, is one of the most northerly of Scotland's Orkney islands.
		Described as 'Orkney in miniature', this small island is rich in archaeology - including the Knap of Howar (older than the Pyramids) and chambered cairns on the Papay Holm - and birdlife, especially on the North Hill RSPB reserve.
		The two-minute hop between Papa Westray and its neighbour Westray is the world's shortest scheduled flight.
	www.papawestray.co.uk (111 words)

	scotlandscotour Scotland Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Oldest House in Europe - Orkney Scotland is 5,500 year old Knap of Howar on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
		What you see at Skara Brae and get excited about - the stone furniture, fire hearth and alcoves, all evidence of obvious design and planning combined with real stone working skills and intelligence - is of the earlier dates, 4,500 years old.
		Orkney and Scotland hold another impressive secret from the past - a hands on, real house from even further back in time - at the Knap of Howar, on the small island called Papa Westray.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/70ef2/f8 (1204 words)

	The Many Peoples of Scotland
		They used stone and flint tools, utensils and weapons, and they were skilled at making simple forms of pottery, which they decorated with grooved patterns.
		Their settlements have left little or no trace – other than a few caves – except in Orkney where remains of early Neolithic stone houses can still be seen at Skara Brae and Knap of Howar.
		These dwellings are made of dry-stone masonry and central hearths.
	www.erwinbagpiper.com /many_peoples_of_scotland1.htm (6278 words)

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