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Tag Archives: Orkney Venus

Neolithic

Third figurine from Links of Noltland dig

WestrayFigures07_280812
Neolithic

About a (Brodgar) Boy…

The Brodgar Boy
Neolithic

Was Orkney’s first ‘Venus’ found in Harray?

Andrew Appleby's "Grimeston Girlie"
Neolithic

Second figurine found in Westray

The front of the "Venus" fragment (Picture: Historic Scotland)
Chambered Tomb, Neolithic

Eyebrows link Westray figurine with burial chamber

The "Eyebrow Motif" carvings from the Holm of Papay South (Historic Scotland)
Neolithic

Westray Stone Age carving is a first for Scotland

"The Orkney Venus" (Historic Scotland)

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