Skara Brae Buddo: 5,000-Year-Old Figurine Feared Lost Has Been Rediscovered

MessageToEagle.com – In the 1860s, a small 5,000-year-old figurine was found at Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Nicknamed Skara Brae Buddo the small artifact has been feared lost, but it was recently rediscovered in a box at Stromness Museum.

Skara Brae
Skara Brae – Image credit: brennen.caltech.edu

“Amazingly, we found it in the last box of the day. I’ve always thought this figurine to be lost forever. Seeing it staring back at me from its bed of tissue paper was completely unexpected and very exciting,” said Dr David Clarke from the Stromness Museum.

The figurine measures 9.5cm high by 7.5cm wide.

Ancient figurine discovered at Skara Brae
A 5,000-year-old figurine found in Orkney in the 1860s but feared lost has been rediscovered in a box. Image credit: Curator Janette Park with figurineImage copyrightHUGO ANDERSON-WHYMARK/STROMNESS MUSEUM

“Stromness Museum has a superb collection of artefacts from Skara Brae, but this figurine has instantly become the new jewel in our collections,” Kathleen Ireland, chair of Stromness Museum said.

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Discoveries made at the Ness of Brodgar, an archaeological site between the Ring of Brodgar and the Stones of Stenness in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site near Loch of Harray, Orkney are also revealing a lot of surprises that could re-write the history of Scotland and change our image of prehistoric people who inhabited this region.

Perhaps this little fgurine can also shed more light on the ancient history of Scotland.

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