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Knap of Howar
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<p>The Knap of Howar on the island of <a href="/facts/Papa_Westray/uF71ho1e">Papa Westray</a> in <a href="/facts/Orkney/CDuLIPfu">Orkney</a>, <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a> is a <a href="/facts/Neolithic/wRS0Bnh4">Neolithic</a> <a href="/facts/Farmstead/Vn8W31Wb">farmstead</a> which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. <a href="/facts/Radiocarbon_dating/qjNglhKP">Radiocarbon dating</a> shows that it was occupied from 3700 BC to 2800 BC, earlier than the similar houses in the settlement at <a href="/facts/Skara_Brae/T1eYnspo">Skara Brae</a> on the <a href="/facts/Mainland,_Orkney/Q3g2TBXS">Orkney Mainland</a>. </p>