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		<title>Smerquoy/Muckquoy excavation diary — Entry Four</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 16, 17 and 18 — Georgie Ritchie It is perhaps inevitable that reports on weather conditions tend to feature quite heavily within Orcadian archaeological blogs, but with little shelter beyond the spoil heaps, we are certainly at the mercy of the elements when digging at Smerquoy. On Friday, May 17th, an icy wind swept through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smerquoy excavation diary &#8211; Entry Three</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 14 and 15 – Christopher Gee After sponging out pools of rainwater, on Tuesday,  we continued cleaning up the tumbled stonework and rubble in the northern half of the house, prior to photographing and recording it. At the north-west corner of the house, Murray has been investigating two rows of parallel upright stones, possibly a drain, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smerquoy excavation diary &#8211; Entry Two</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/05/13/smerquoy-excavation-diary-entry-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day Three Update May 13, 2013 – Giles Carey The weather held out for nearly the entire day of excavation at Smerquoy, but rain did stop play a wee bit early. However, this did nothing to dampen spirits among the diggers uncovering what is increasingly looking like a wonderfully preserved Early Neolithic house, with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smerquoy excavation diary - Entry One</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/05/13/smerquoy-excavation-diary-entry-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A two-week excavation of a Neolithic settlement site in St Ola got under way on Saturday, May 11. The site, at Smerquoy (pictured above), was reported to archaeologist Christopher Gee, several years ago, by the landowner, Billy Sinclair. A visit to the area resulted in the discovery of several hammer stones, a saddle quern rubber, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital dwelling at Skara Brae</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/05/06/digital-dwelling-at-skara-brae/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 11:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sandwick]]></category>
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		<title>Prehistoric walled complex revealed on Firth farmland</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/04/25/prehistoric-walled-complex-revealed-on-firth-farmland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What appears to be a massive, walled, Stone Age settlement in Firth will be investigated by archaeologists next month. The exploratory excavation — a collaboration between Manchester University, the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology and Orkney College UHI — will be led by Professor Colin Richards. Prof Richards, a regular visitor to the county, discovered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer excavation dates</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/04/25/summer-excavation-dates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Braes o' Ha'Breck]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Links of Noltland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The summer of 2013 will be another busy one for archeological work in the county. At the time of writing, dates have been confirmed for the following projects: Redland, Firth. Suspected prehistoric settlement site. May 12-25. Links of Noltland, Westray. Ongoing work at Neolithic and Bronze Age site. June and July Green, Eday. A team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enhancing the schedule of monuments for Orkney</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/04/24/enhancing-the-schedule-of-monuments-for-orkney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iron Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medieval]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May, Historic Scotland’s Scheduling, Marine and Battlefields Team will be visiting over 250 monuments in Orkney as part of the team’s work to enhance the schedule (list) of monuments of national importance across Scotland. Orkney is exceptionally rich in history and archaeology – and home to some of Scotland’s finest archaeological sites. Around 8,500 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight projects share OIC&#8217;s £40,000 archaeology fund</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/04/11/eight-projects-share-oics-40000-archaeology-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight archaeological projects in the county are set to benefit from a share of £40,000 from Orkney Islands Council in 2013. This year’s fund for archaeological investigations will be divided between three Mainland and five isles sites. The Ness of Brodgar — described in a report before councillors as drawing “massive media attention” — will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ness of Brodgar excavation dates 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/02/07/ness-of-brodgar-excavation-dates-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excavation of the Neolithic site on the Ness of Brodgar, in Stenness, will resume on July 15, 2013, running until August 23. During this time, the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) dig will be open to the public, with daily guided tours, from July 17 until August 21.]]></description>
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		<title>Second place for Orkney World Heritage Site in UK’s top ten</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/01/09/second-place-for-orkney-world-heritage-site-in-uks-top-ten/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/01/09/second-place-for-orkney-world-heritage-site-in-uks-top-ten/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ness of Brodgar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ring of Brodgar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandwick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standing Stones of Stenness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stenness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Heart of Neolithic Orkney has been voted as the second most recommended UK World Heritage site according to the travel website TripAdvisor. The World Heritage Site, one of only two in Scotland to make the top ten, was squeezed out of first place by Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire. In early December, 1999, it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservation work on Sanday symbol stone complete</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/01/09/conservation-work-on-sanday-symbol-stone-complete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pictish]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservation work on a 1,200 year-old carved Pictish stone cross from Sanday is now complete. The decorated stone slab was found during renovation work on a house near Lady village in 2011 — lying prone under the floor of the property — and appears to have been damaged during the construction of the house, possibly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Runes &#8211; separating fact from fiction</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/01/08/runes-separating-fact-from-fiction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2013/01/08/runes-separating-fact-from-fiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Viking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maeshowe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The author of The Runic Inscriptions of Maeshowe, Orkney and The Norn language of Orkney and Shetland has released a new book that aims to separate the fact from fiction regarding viking runes. Professor Michael P. Barnes is Emeritus Professor of Scandinavian Studies at University College London, and his new book, Runes: A Handbook, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to the USA for Ness of Brodgar lecture tour</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/11/15/back-to-the-states-for-ness-of-brodgar-lecture-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[whs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man at the helm of the Ness of Brodgar excavations is heading back to the USA later this month for a lecture tour. Following on from previous visits in 2010 and 2011, Nick Card, the senior projects manager at the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA), has been invited, and funded, by a number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental data from Howe excavation brought together for new website</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/11/01/environmental-data-from-howe-excavation-brought-together-for-new-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new website - www.howe.scapaflow.co &#8211; highlighting the environmental archaeological record provided by the excavations at Howe, near Stromness, has been launched. Howe was a known broch site, which excavation revealed had a history spanning four millennia — from Neolithic structures to the Late Iron Age. Environmental samples were collected from the site contexts throughout the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New guidebook celebrates Orkney’s monumental heritage</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/09/24/new-guidebook-celebrates-orkneys-monumental-heritage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new guidebook celebrating the diverse cultural heritage of the Orkney Islands has been produced by Historic Scotland, examining a built legacy that incorporates prehistoric villages, standing stones, brochs, palaces and a cathedral. The publication marks the first re-issue in almost 20 years of the agency’s overview of Orkney, and incorporates new research illuminating this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another six weeks in Orkney&#8217;s Neolithic heartland&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/08/30/another-six-weeks-in-orkneys-neolithic-heartland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ness of Brodgar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ring of Brodgar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With this summer&#8217;s excavation season well and truly over, the Ness of Brodgar dig site has been returned to the earth. The six-week dig, which began in July and came to an end last week, saw over 100 diggers from across the world descend upon the Stenness site — a number that could have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Third figurine from Links of Noltland dig</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/08/29/third-figurine-from-links-of-noltland-dig/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Links of Noltland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orkney Venus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A third hand-carved figurine has been discovered during ongoing excavations at the Links of Noltland, Westray. The Orkney Venus, or Westray Wifie as it is known locally, was unearthed in the summer of 2009. A second, damaged, figurine, was found in 2010. All three figurines are now going on display in the Westray Heritage Centre. Since starting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual tour of Maeshowe goes online</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/08/29/virtual-maeshowe-tour-goes-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/08/29/virtual-maeshowe-tour-goes-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chambered Tomb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neolithic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maeshowe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stenness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new ‘virtual’ tour of Maeshowe at the winter solstice has been released by Historic Scotland. The computer-generated animation was unveiled at a special reception in Kirkwall on Tuesday evening. The virtual reproduction of Maeshowe has been created using 3D laser-scanning data collected to aid with the conservation and interpretation of the site through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skara Brae in Historic Scotland&#8217;s top five list</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/06/15/skara-brae-in-historic-scotlands-top-five-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/06/15/skara-brae-in-historic-scotlands-top-five-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neolithic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skara Brae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Heritage Site]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/?p=1448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Skara Brae saw a one per cent rise in visitor numbers over the 2011/2012 season, making it Historic Scotland’s fourth most visited site in Scotland. The World Heritage Site welcomed 68,852 visitors during the period, which saw a seven per cent overall rise in people visiting paid-for historic attractions across Scotland. Historic Scotland said that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painting a picture of Scapa Flow, 10,000 years ago</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/05/18/painting-a-picture-of-scapa-flow-10000-years-ago/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/05/18/painting-a-picture-of-scapa-flow-10000-years-ago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mesolithic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scapa Flow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[submerged]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/?p=1434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A reconstruction of what Scapa Flow looked 10,000 years ago is beginning to paint a picture of how Orkney appeared to the first settlers who came here at the end of the last Ice Age. The culmination of a year’s work by The Rising Tide Project The Submerged Landscape of Orkney — with funding from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ness of Brodgar in the spotlight at the Orkney Museum</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/04/30/ness-of-brodgar-in-the-spotlight-at-the-orkney-museum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/04/30/ness-of-brodgar-in-the-spotlight-at-the-orkney-museum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neolithic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artefacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[excavation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ness of Brodgar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stenness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Heritage Site]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Next Saturday, May 5, sees the opening of the new summer exhibition at the Orkney Museum, Tankerness House, Kirkwall. Ness of Brodgar: The Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a chance to find out more about the archaeological site that everyone it talking about. The Orkney Museum has worked closely with the Orkney Research Centre for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sixth chamber in Banks chambered tomb?</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/04/20/sixth-chamber-in-banks-chambered-tomb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/04/20/sixth-chamber-in-banks-chambered-tomb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chambered Tomb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neolithic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Ronaldsay]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/?p=1419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The chambered tomb at Banks, in South Ronaldsay, continues to throw up yet more surprises, including the discovery of what appears to be a sixth chamber within the structure. Hamish Mowatt originally discovered the tomb by the car park of the Skerries Bistro, at Banks, in 2010. Speaking to The Orcadian newspaper this week, Mr Mowatt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated Ness of Brodgar site plan online</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/03/27/updated-ness-of-brodgar-site-plan-online-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/03/27/updated-ness-of-brodgar-site-plan-online-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neolithic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ness of Brodgar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stenness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Heritage Site]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/?p=1396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With just over three months to go until excavations resume at the Ness of Brodgar, a revised plan, showing the structures on site, has been added to the Ness of Brodgar excavation blog. The 2012 excavations are due to begin on July 16, running until August 24. Site tours will commence two days after excavations resume, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Orkney projects to benefit from a share of OIC’s £50,000 archaeology fund</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/03/01/eight-orkney-projects-to-benefit-from-a-share-of-oics-50000-archaeology-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/03/01/eight-orkney-projects-to-benefit-from-a-share-of-oics-50000-archaeology-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iron Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neolithic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Braes o' Ha'Breck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deerness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earth-house]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[excavation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ness of Brodgar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roundhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rousay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Ronaldsay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stenness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Cairns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wyre]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/?p=1388</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Eight archaeological projects in the county are set to benefit from a share of £50,000 funding from Orkney Islands Council this year. This OIC&#8217;s 2012 fund for archaeological investigations will be divided between four Mainland and four isles sites. Councillors on the development and regeneration committee agreed that the initial allocation of £40,000 should be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another award for the Ness of Brodgar excavations</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/02/29/another-award-for-the-ness-of-brodgar-excavations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/02/29/another-award-for-the-ness-of-brodgar-excavations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neolithic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[excavation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ness of Brodgar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ring of Brodgar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stenness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Heritage Site]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/?p=1383</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The excavation on the Ness of Brodgar has been named the winner of the 2012 Andante Travels Archaeology Award. The Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology/Orkney College UHI project was runner-up in the international award scheme in 2008, and went on to take the Current Archaeology Research Project of the Year title last year. Previous winners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visitors vote Skara Brae a must-see site</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/02/13/visitors-vote-skara-brae-a-must-see-site/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/02/13/visitors-vote-skara-brae-a-must-see-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neolithic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandwick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skara Brae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Heritage Site]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/?p=1372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Visitors to Skara Brae have voted it one of the &#8220;must-see&#8221; attractions in the British Isles. The Neolithic settlement, in the West Mainland parish of Sandwick, is the best preserved group of prehistoric houses in Western Europe and was one of only eight visitor attractions in the UK to receive a merit award, as voted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resurrecting the Neolithic priesthood&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/01/10/resurrecting-orkneys-neolithic-priesthood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2012/01/10/resurrecting-orkneys-neolithic-priesthood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neolithic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maeshowe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ness of Brodgar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ring of Brodgar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skara Brae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standing Stones of Stenness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stenness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Heritage Site]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/?p=1361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ness of Brodgar discoveries vindicate 35-year-old theory, says prehistorian The remarkable archaeological discoveries on the Ness of Brodgar are proof that an elite group of astronomer priests once held sway over Orkney. That&#8217;s according to Dr Euan MacKie, an archaeologist and prehistorian, who visited the ongoing excavations on the Ness  last summer. In 1977, Dr [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orkney landscape project shortlisted for national archaeological award</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2011/12/08/orkney-landscape-project-shortlisted-for-national-archaeological-award/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2011/12/08/orkney-landscape-project-shortlisted-for-national-archaeological-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medieval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birsay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandwick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snusgar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/?p=1352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the Ness of Brodgar’s win earlier this year, a second archaeological project in Orkney is in the running for the title of 2012 Current Archaeology Research Project of the Year. Settlement under the Sand has been looking at the landscape around Birsay and Snusgar, by Skaill Bay, in Sandwick, where one of the focuses has been the finely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anonymous benefactor gifts Ness of Brodgar property to the people of Orkney</title>
		<link>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2011/11/23/anonymous-benefactor-gifts-ness-of-brodgar-property-to-the-people-of-orkney/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2011/11/23/anonymous-benefactor-gifts-ness-of-brodgar-property-to-the-people-of-orkney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigurd Towrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neolithic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ness of Brodgar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stenness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Heritage Site]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An anonymous benefactor, with a strong interest in the archaeologial excavations on the Ness of Brodgar, has gifted a property in Stenness to the people of Orkney. The house, Lochview, is immediately adjacent to the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) excavations and, over the years, it has become clear to the archaeologists that the [...]]]></description>
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