The Scord of Brouster is one of the earliest[1] Neolithic farm sites in Shetland, Scotland.
[1] A sign by the Scord of Brouster states that the climate of Shetland became wetter towards 1500 BC, and that peat forming near the fields eventually forced the farmers to permanently abandon the site.
[1] The site was excavated by Alasdair Whittle in the late 1970s, because he wanted investigate on early agricultural settlement in Britain in a remote part of the country, unspoilt by modern development.
These pieces were found in what appears to be three phases: prior to the construction of the buildings, during active use, and during abandonment.
The eastern side had very few artefacts, and a recess in the northeast corner had even fewer, which led the archaeologists to believe that it may have been a sleeping area.