What They Never Tell You About the Orcadians

The Orcadians were a resilient and formidable people who inhabited the remote northern archipelago of Orkney for over five thousand years. Emerging from the Neolithic builders of perfectly preserved settlements like Skara Brae, they evolved into master artisans, iron-forging warriors, and the architects of monumental stone fortresses. __________________________________________ 🎬 Chapter Timestamps 04:33 - Introduction 09:11 - Orkney Before Humans (400,000,000 - 10,000 BC) 26:20 - The First Settlers (10,000 - 2,000 BC) 40:48 - The First Metal Workers (2,000 - 800 BC) 58:47 - The Iron Age Farmers (800 BC - 400 AD) 50:36 - Pictish Orkney (400 - 800 AD) __________________________________________ 🎵 Music Credits; 📌 Ambient Jam - Tecnosine 📌 Way, Way Down There - John Hayes 📌 Stones - Future Forests 📌 Europa - Tecnosine 📌 Who Listens To Trees Anyway - Ben McElroy 📌 Blank Light - Adi Goldstein 📌 Stories from the Sky - Sid Acharya 📌 'The Long Dark' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 📌 'Incantation' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 📌 'Shadows and Dust' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 📌 'Computations in a Snowstorm' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 📌 'Hiraeth' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 📌 'Beautiful Oblivion' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 📌 BJORTH https://linktr.ee/bjorth _______________________________________ 🤝Credits; 📌 The Orkney Museum - https://orkneymuseums.co.uk/our-museu... 📌 Historic Environment Scotland - https://www.historicenvironment.scot 📌 South Ronaldsay & Burray Development Trust - https://tomboftheeagles.co.uk/ ⚠️I try to use copyright free media at all times. However if I have used any of your work then please don't hesitate to contact me and I’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. _______________________________________ 📽️Filming Locations; 1. Maeshowe Chambered Cairn 2. Skara Brae 3. Broch of Gurness 4. Broch of Birsay 5. The Orkney Museum 6. The Grain Earth House 7. The Stones of Stenness 8. Broch of Midhowe 9. Barnhouse 10. The Ring of Brodgar 11. Liddle Burnt Mound 12. Wideford Hill Cairn 13. Tankerness 14. The Ring of Bookan 15. The Ness of Brodgar _______________________________________ 📚 Full Information Sources; The New History of Orkney / William P.L Thomson Orkney: A Historical Guide / Caroline Wickham-Jones The Picts: A History / Tim Clarkson From Pictland to Alba / A.Woolf __________________________________________ 🤝Channel Support Become a Patreon member and help keep this channel going! :-   / nicoexplores   With many thanks to my Patreon Supporters! 🎉 • Patrick Cullen • Linda Miller • Amanda McNamara • John Du Cameron • Steven Robertson • Peter Gleave • Chris • Kimberly Hutcheon __________________________________________ If you enjoyed the Video then please leave a Like, Subscribe to the channel AND Importantly leave a COMMENT as a sacrifice to the Algorithm! 🫡 #history #orkney #picts #education This video is for educational purposes only