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=== Historia antiga ===

[[Ficheiro:Skara Brae 2.jpg|miniatura|dereita|Restos dun asentamento neolítico en [[Skara Brae]], nas illas [[Órcadas]].]]

As continuas [[glaciación]]s, que cubriron por completo toda a superficie de terra da actual Escocia, destruíron calquera resto de presenza humano antes do período [[mesolítico]]. Crese que os primeiros grupos humanos post-glaciais de cazadores recolectores chegaron a Escocia hai 12.800 anos, despois de que o xeo desaparecese ó final da [[Último período glacial|última glaciación]].<ref>The earliest known evidence is a flint arrowhead from [[Islay]]. See Moffat, Alistair (2005) ''Before Scotland: The Story of Scotland Before History''. London. Thames & Hudson. Page 42.</ref><ref>Sites at [[Cramond]] dated to 8500 BC and near [[Kinloch Castle|Kinloch]], [[Rùm]] from 7700 BC provide the earliest known evidence of human <u>occupation</u> in Scotland. See [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146410357 "The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Rubbish dump reveals time-capsule of Scotland's earliest settlements"] megalithic.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2008 and Edwards, Kevin J. and Whittington, Graeme "Vegetation Change" in Edwards, Kevin J. & Ralston, Ian B.M. (Eds) (2003) ''Scotland After the Ice Age: Environment, Archaeology and History, 8000 BC–AD 1000''. Edinburgh. [[Edinburgh University Press]]. Page 70.</ref>