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Orkney , also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of Great Britain. Orkney is 16 kilometres north of the coast of Caithness and comprises approximately 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited. The largest island, Mainland, is often referred to as the Mainland. It has an area of 523 square kilometres , making it the sixth-largest Scottish island and the tenth-largest island in the British Isles. The largest settlement and administrative centre is Kirkwall.A form of the name dates to the pre-Roman era and the islands have been inhabited for at least 8,500 years, originally occupied ...
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    This article lists the oldest free-standing buildings constructed in the world, including on each of the continents and within each country. Building is defined as any human-made structure used or interface for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy. In order to qualify for list a structure must: be a recognisable building; incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least 1.5 metres in height; be largely complete or include building work to this height for most of its perimeter. contains an enclosed area with at least one entry point.This consciously excludes ruins of limited height and statues. The list also excludes: dolmens—a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones supporting a large flat horiz...
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