Category Archives: Bronze Age

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Prehistoric walled complex revealed on Firth farmland

The results of the geophysics scan by Christopher Gee of ORCA and James Moore of Archaeology Dept, Orkney College UHI. The houses are clearly visible and appear to be surrounded by a ditch or wall.
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Summer excavation dates

One of the Neolithic houses at Ha'Breck, Wyre (Picture: ORCA)
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Environmental data from Howe excavation brought together for new website

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New guidebook celebrates Orkney’s monumental heritage

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Radiocarbon dates point to a millennium of activity on the Ness of Brodgar

The earliest radiocarbon dates came from material underneath the 'Lesser Wall of Brodgar'. (ORCA)
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Do survey results show a massive prehistoric monument under the water of the Stenness Loch?

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Interim Links of Noltland report launched

Shifting Sands: Links of Notland, Westray.
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Coastal erosion helping fill in the historical gaps

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Stromness earth-house hints at major prehistoric settlement

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Untangling the history of the Cantick mound

A view over the excavation site, showing clearly the sequence of walling. (ORCA)
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The Cantick mound that turned square

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Fresh funding for research into submerged stone remains

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Rumours of sunken structures prompt underwater survey of the Bay of Firth

A submerged Neolithic structure in the Bay of Firth?
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New excavation at Neolithic mystery site

Aerial view of the Links o' Noltland showing the collapsed dune system. (Historic Scotland)
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Sea level results lead to radical rethink over World Heritage Site landscape

Sue Dawson taking a core sample from the Stenness loch.
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“Decorated” Neolithic structure unearthed in Westray

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Pollen study sees no sign of Bronze Age population drop in Orkney

Michelle Farrell extracing blanket peat samples from Hobbister, Orphir.
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A fresh look at Orkney’s earth-houses

The interior of the Rennibister earth-house, in Firth.

Bronze Age settlement uncovered at the Links of Noltland

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Neolithic site confirmed at Bronze Age cemetery

Knowes of Trotty dig directors, Dr Jane Downes, from Orkney College, and Nick Card, from Orkney Archaeological Trust.