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Category Archives: Mesolithic

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

New guidebook celebrates Orkney’s monumental heritage

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Mesolithic

Painting a picture of Scapa Flow, 10,000 years ago

Scapa Flow in 8,000BC — a landlocked bay accessible only by a narrow passage between what would become Stanger Head, on Flotta, and Hoxa Head.
Bronze Age, Mesolithic, Neolithic

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

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Mesolithic

New contender for Orkney’s oldest settlement site

A view of the site, looking out towards Mill Bay.
Mesolithic

Hazelnut shell pushes back date of settlement of Orkney by 3,000 years

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Mesolithic

Hopes that Stronsay flints could represent earliest evidence of human activity in Orkney

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Mesolithic

Search for Mesolithic evidence resumes on Longhowe

Mesolithic, Neolithic, Palaeolithic

Prehistoric sea level study begins

Sue Dawson taking a core sample from the Stenness loch.
Iron Age, Mesolithic

Mesolithic disappointment at Minehowe, but bead hints at long-distance connections

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Mesolithic

After centuries of anectodes, Sanday forest confirmed at Otterswick

Map of Sanday, Orkney
Mesolithic

Minehowe flints hint at Orkney’s earliest settlers

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Bronze Age, Iron Age, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Viking

Archaeological pictures and papers in honour of retiring chairman

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