Just like the first farmhouse at the Knap of Howar, the first stone-built village was built to help people survive the windswept conditions near the west coast at Skara Brae in Orkney over 5,000 years ago. It was a collection of stone houses with thatched roofs connected by underground tunnels.
They were so developed, they even had their own toilets – something that many houses would not have for another 5000 years!
