Mesolithic Outreach Seminar

Video: Finding the Mesolithic in Orkney – talk and walk in Stronsay

The recording of Dr Ben Elliot and Dan Lee's talk, delivered in Stronsay on September 13, 2022

The recording of Dr Ben Elliot and Dan Lee’s talk, delivered in Stronsay on September 13, 2022.

The discovery of flint tools dating to the Late Upper Palaeolithic/Early Mesolithic in 2007 led to excavation at Linkshouse and Mill Bay in 2008. This saw around 10,000 pieces of flint recovered as well as evidence of a very early prehistoric settlement.

The talk was preceded by a walk around Linkshouse and Mill Bay. Both events were part of the North Isles Landscape Partnership’s The Sea Around the North Isles project.

Our thanks to Roger Neville-Smith, who recorded the talk and allowed us to share his video.