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Tag Archives: Sandwick

Neolithic

Digital dwelling at Skara Brae

Exhibition-Poster
Neolithic

Second place for Orkney World Heritage Site in UK’s top ten

BrodgarSunsetApr2012
Neolithic

Visitors vote Skara Brae a must-see site

Skara Brae - a "must-see" site in the UK. (Sigurd Towrie)
Medieval, Viking

Orkney landscape project shortlisted for national archaeological award

The Viking Age longhouse at Skaill, Sandwick. (Sigurd Towrie)
Viking

Excavators return to Skaill farmstead

Revealing a Norse farmstead.
Medieval, Viking

Viking settlement helps understand history of Skaill’s landscape

Picture: Sigurd Towrie
Medieval, Viking

Viking settlement helps understand history of Skaill’s landscape

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Viking

Sandwick dig confirms Norse settlement

Excavating an outer wall in a suspected Norse structure on the mound to the east of Snusgar.
Neolithic

View-blocking film to stay as Skara Brae temperature problem solved

Interior of Skara Brae, Sandwick, Orkney
Neolithic

Alterations to visitor arrangements will help protect prehistoric village

Medieval, Viking

Oxford team bid to solve mystery of Sandwick mound

Picture: Sigurd Towrie
Neolithic

New protection measures at Skara Brae

Skara Brae, Sandwick, Orkney
Medieval, Viking

New dig at site of Skaill Viking Hoard

Picture: Sigurd Towrie
Neolithic

Increase in tourist numbers poses threat to Skara Brae

Picture: Sigurd Towrie

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