“The dwellings constitute the most remarkable architecturel evidence as late Neolithic houses are virtually unknown in other areas of Britain. The Orcadian examples display a consistency of design which is maintained over several hundred years. The internal organization of stone furniture is a central square stone-built hearth, a rear shelving arrangement, known as a dresser, and two rectangular boxes, interpreted as box-beds, situated on wither side of the hearth. The single entrance is positioned opposite the dresser thereby forming a cruciform pattern with the spatial organization of the house interior. (Michael Parker Pearson and Colin Richards, Architecture and Order, Routledge, 1994, p 41).