we ems " ▁or ▁under ground ▁houses . ▁Such ▁implements ▁as ▁have ▁surv ived ▁are ▁primitive , ▁and ▁include ▁qu ern - st ones ▁( for ▁gr inding ▁gra in ), ▁stone ▁wh or ls ▁and ▁b one ▁comb s ▁used ▁in ▁primitive ▁forms ▁of ▁we aving , ▁and ▁spec im ens ▁of ▁simple ▁pot tery ▁w are . ▁Little ▁is ▁known ▁of ▁the ▁culture ▁and ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁inhabitants . ▁Only ▁two ▁languages ▁are ▁found ▁in ▁pre - N or se ▁Or k ney , ▁Old ▁G ael ic ▁( Old ▁Irish ) ▁and ▁Latin . ▁ ▁The ▁Rom ans ▁were ▁aware ▁of ▁( and ▁probably ▁circ umn avig ated ) ▁the ▁Or k ney ▁Islands , ▁which ▁they ▁called ▁" O rc ades ", ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁Bry th onic ▁C elt ic ▁name . ▁A ▁" king ▁of ▁the ▁Or c ades " ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 1 ▁r ul ers ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁paid ▁t ribute ▁to ▁Claud ius ▁following ▁his ▁invasion ▁of ▁Britain ▁in ▁AD   4 3 . ▁Indeed ▁ 4 th ▁and ▁ 5 th ▁century ▁sources ▁include ▁the ▁Islands ▁in ▁a ▁Roman ▁province . ▁Arch ae ological ▁evidence ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁Rom ans ▁only ▁trad ed ▁with ▁the ▁inhabitants , ▁perhaps ▁through ▁inter medi aries , ▁no ▁signs ▁of ▁clear ▁occupation ▁have ▁been ▁found . ▁But , ▁according ▁to ▁sch ol ars ▁like ▁Mont es anti , ▁" Or k ney ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁one ▁of ▁those ▁areas ▁that ▁suggest ▁direct