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Tag: The Cairns

Archaeology The Cairns

The Cairns – June 17th

By seanlisle1Monday, June 20, 2016 (9:14am)Monday, May 6, 2019 (2:55pm)
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The Cairns – June 17th

By seanlisle1Friday, June 17, 2016 (1:30pm)Friday, June 17, 2016 (1:32pm)
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The Cairns – June 16th

By seanlisle1Friday, June 17, 2016 (11:50am)Friday, June 17, 2016 (12:51pm)
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The Cairns – June 15th

By seanlisle1Thursday, June 16, 2016 (8:41am)Thursday, June 16, 2016 (10:48am)
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The Cairns – June 14th

By seanlisle1Wednesday, June 15, 2016 (12:00pm)Thursday, June 16, 2016 (8:15am)
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The Cairns Dig – June 13th

By seanlisle1Tuesday, June 14, 2016 (3:53pm)Thursday, June 16, 2016 (8:16am)
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Ready to start at The Cairns

By seanlisle1Friday, June 10, 2016 (2:14pm)Monday, May 6, 2019 (2:56pm)
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Archaeology Orkney The Cairns

Test Pits at The Cairns, South Ronaldsay

By seanlisle1Wednesday, April 20, 2016 (9:44am)Wednesday, April 20, 2016 (9:44am)
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Iron Age Post-excavation Research The Cairns

A splash of colour from the Iron Age

Two tiny beads from The Cairns Iron Age site, South Ronaldsay, Orkney.

By Sigurd TowrieWednesday, February 24, 2016 (12:24pm)Thursday, March 20, 2025 (12:43pm)
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Iron Age Postgraduate The Cairns

The Cairns character – Iron Age face from the broch site?

Every now and then something turns up on an dig that just connects me with a living person from thousands of years ago. “The Cairns character” was unearthed a few years ago and for me, living in South Ronaldsay, it immediately made a connection.

By seanlisle1Tuesday, February 16, 2016 (10:01am)Thursday, March 20, 2025 (12:50pm)
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Iron Age The Cairns

Going underground – talking souterrains and earth-houses

Answering your questions about the souterrain and other undergound places found at The Cairns…

By seanlisle1Tuesday, December 15, 2015 (11:03am)Tuesday, May 6, 2025 (10:03am)
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