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      <title>Consultation begins on updated World Heritage Site management plan</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 7 May 2008 12:44:31 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Heart of Neolithic Orkney Management Plan 2008-13 Consultation draft and its accompanying environmental report are due to be published on Thursday, May 8.]]></description>
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      <title>Sea level results lead to radical rethink over World Heritage Site landscape </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:50:16 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A radically different picture of the prehistoric landscape around Orkney’s World Heritage Site is beginning to emerge – a landscape which perhaps didn’t feature the Stenness and Harray lochs.]]></description>
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      <title>Salt Knowe - Orkney's Silbury Hill? </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:33:49 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[- A combination of modern research and antiquarian “excavation” looks like confirming that a massive mound to the west of the Ring o' Brodgar was not a chambered cairn.]]></description>
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      <title>Stone added to Skara Brae timeline to mark first man in space</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:23:47 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[One of Orkney’s most celebrated Neolithic sites is to commemorate a defining moment in the space race. ]]></description>
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      <title>New history book focuses on day-to-day Orcadian life</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 3 Apr 2008 12:04:30 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A new book from the author of the highly-acclaimed The New History of Orkney is being launched in Kirkwall on April 11. Orkney Land and People, by W. P. L. Thomson, covers the period from the Viking age to the 20th century, focusing on the day-to-day life of ordinary Orcadian folk.]]></description>
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      <title>New contender for Orkney's oldest settlement site</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:37:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[There’s a new contender for Orkney’s earliest “settlement”, following a two week investigation in Stronsay. 

Naomi Woodward, who discovered two tiny flint arrowheads in Stronsay last year, returned to the island at the beginning of March. 

There, with five other archaeologists, she discovered a huge quantity of flint, together with what could be the county’s only example of in-situ Mesolithic settlement activity.]]></description>
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      <title>Neolithic carved stone found on beach</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:48:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[An ornately-carved stone, thought to date from the Neolithic period, was found on a South Ronaldsay beach last week.]]></description>
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      <title>Westray Stone is returning home</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 7 Mar 2008 14:56:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[An ornately-carved prehistoric stone is to be returned to Westray next week, after more than 25 years in the Orkney Museum.]]></description>
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      <title>Orkney public thanked for World Heritage Site enthusiasm</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:26:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Orkney residents have been thanked for their help and enthusiasm in developing the new world heritage site management plan. ]]></description>
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      <title>Rangers offer guided walks around Brodgar</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:15:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Guided tours, lead by Historic Scotland's expert guides, are back by popular demand.]]></description>
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      <title>Nine archaeological projects supported by OIC</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:58:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[ - A study to help determine the exact age of the Ring of Brodgar is one of nine archaeological projects to receive Orkney Islands Council funding this year.]]></description>
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