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Tag Archives: the Cairns

Bronze Age, Iron Age, Neolithic

Summer excavation dates

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

Eight Orkney projects to benefit from a share of OIC’s £50,000 archaeology fund

The ongoing excavation of the Iron Age site at Cairns, South Ronaldsay. (Sigurd Towrie)
Iron Age, Neolithic, Viking

Eight research projects share OIC’s £50k archaeology fund

Excavations on the Brough of Deerness, Orkney.
Iron Age

The curious case of the Cairns ‘broch’

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Iron Age

Unravelling centuries of Iron Age activity

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Iron Age

Excavation team return to South Ronaldsay to tackle archaeological jigsaw puzzle

The remains of Structure B. (Sigurd Towrie)
Iron Age

Iron Age roundhouse under investigation

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Bronze Age, Iron Age

A fresh look at Orkney’s earth-houses

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

Popular Posts

  • Smerquoy/Muckquoy excavation diary — Entry Five
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  • Prehistoric walled complex revealed on Firth farmland
  • Smerquoy excavation diary — Entry Two
  • Ness of Brodgar excavation dates 2013
  • Second place for Orkney World Heritage Site in UK’s top ten
  • The ‘Cathedral’ at the Heart of Neolithic Orkney

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  • Braes of Ha'Breck, Wyre: a Big Dig on a Small Isle
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  • Rising Tides – an examination of sea-level changes and the impact on prehistoric Orkney
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  • The Cairns Project, South Ronaldsay
  • The Links of Noltland, Westray

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