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Category Archives: Bronze Age

Bronze Age, Neolithic

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.
Bronze Age, Iron Age, Neolithic

Summer excavation dates

One of the Neolithic houses at Ha'Breck, Wyre (Picture: ORCA)
Bronze Age, Iron Age, Neolithic

Environmental data from Howe excavation brought together for new website

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Bronze Age, Iron Age, Medieval, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Viking

New guidebook celebrates Orkney’s monumental heritage

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Bronze Age, Neolithic

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)
Bronze Age, Mesolithic, Neolithic

Do survey results show a massive prehistoric monument under the water of the Stenness Loch?

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Bronze Age, Neolithic

Interim Links of Noltland report launched

Shifting Sands: Links of Notland, Westray.
Bronze Age, Iron Age, Neolithic

Coastal erosion helping fill in the historical gaps

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Bronze Age, Iron Age

Stromness earth-house hints at major prehistoric settlement

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Bronze Age, Neolithic

Untangling the history of the Cantick mound

A view over the excavation site, showing clearly the sequence of walling. (ORCA)
Bronze Age, Neolithic

The Cantick mound that turned square

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Bronze Age, Medieval, Neolithic

Fresh funding for research into submerged stone remains

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Bronze Age, Neolithic

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

A submerged Neolithic structure in the Bay of Firth?
Bronze Age, Neolithic

New excavation at Neolithic mystery site

Aerial view of the Links o' Noltland showing the collapsed dune system. (Historic Scotland)
Bronze Age, Neolithic, Stone Circles and Standing Stones

Sea level results lead to radical rethink over World Heritage Site landscape

Sue Dawson taking a core sample from the Stenness loch.
Bronze Age, Neolithic

“Decorated” Neolithic structure unearthed in Westray

Bronze Age, Neolithic

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

Michelle Farrell extracing blanket peat samples from Hobbister, Orphir.
Bronze Age, Iron Age

A fresh look at Orkney’s earth-houses

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

Bronze Age settlement uncovered at the Links of Noltland

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Bronze Age, Neolithic

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.
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