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Category: Excavation

Career in Ruins Excavation
Excavation

Career in Ruins – in the field 2

The Career in Ruins podcast team break ground and begin their excavation.

By Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 16, 2021 (9:29am)
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Career in Ruins - In the Field
Excavation

Career in Ruins – in the field

The Career in Ruins podcast team arrive on site, showing the planning and preparation work that goes into an archaeological excavation.

By Sigurd TowrieMonday, April 12, 2021 (8:00am)Saturday, April 10, 2021 (1:01pm)
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The Cairns broch from above. (Bobby Friel)
Excavation Iron Age The Cairns

‘The Life and Times of The Cairns’ – free online lecture

The excavation at the Iron Age site at The Cairns, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, is the subject of the next talk hosted by the Orkney Archaeology Society.

By Sigurd TowrieThursday, April 8, 2021 (12:41pm)Thursday, April 8, 2021 (12:44pm)
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Career in Ruins
Excavation

Career in Ruins – planning an excavation

The Career in Ruins podcast team discuss their forthcoming dig, sharing the planning and preparation work that goes into choosing where to dig.

By Sigurd TowrieTuesday, April 6, 2021 (10:18am)Tuesday, April 6, 2021 (10:22am)
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Bronze Age Excavation Neolithic Publications

Co-authored by Archaeology Institute professor, first volume of new Stonehenge tetralogy launched

In 2003, a team of archaeologists from five universities began the first long-term programme of fieldwork focused on Stonehenge in decades.

By Sigurd TowrieThursday, October 1, 2020 (2:10pm)Wednesday, March 10, 2021 (8:06pm)
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Bronze Age Excavation ORCA

Nine possible Bronze Age figurines unearthed at substation excavation in Orkney?

A team from ORCA has discovered an amazing series of half-metre tall stone-carved objects during exploratory excavations connected with the development of an electrical substation on behalf of SSEN Transmission in Orkney.

By seanlisle1Friday, December 6, 2019 (10:07am)Saturday, March 13, 2021 (4:35pm)
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Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Another summer of finds at the Ness of Brodgar

As this year’s eight-week dig season comes to an end, the international team working at the site uncovered an incredible underground structure that sheds more light on the sophistication of the first farmers who built the stone structures 5,000 years ago.

By seanlisle1Thursday, September 5, 2019 (1:17pm)Saturday, March 13, 2021 (5:31pm)
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Excavation Iron Age Swartigill Dig Diary

Swartigill dig – week one

The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, in partnership with the Yarrows Heritage Trust and ORCA Archaeology, have completed their first week of excavation at the community dig, near the Burn of Swartigill.

By seanlisle1Monday, August 26, 2019 (12:08pm)Saturday, March 13, 2021 (6:13pm)
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Excavation Iron Age Swartigill Dig Diary

Excavation begins at Caithness Iron Age site

The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, in partnership with the Yarrows Heritage Trust, are preparing for a fourth season of excavation at the Burn of Swartigill in Thrumster, Caithness, Scotland.

By seanlisle1Monday, August 12, 2019 (2:34pm)Saturday, March 13, 2021 (6:18pm)
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Excavation Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Norse hall discovered in Rousay

A large Norse hall has been discovered during excavations at the Skaill farmstead, on the island of Rousay, Orkney. The hall probably dates to the 10th to 12th centuries AD and was discovered below more recent structures.

By seanlisle1Tuesday, August 6, 2019 (11:00am)Saturday, March 13, 2021 (6:24pm)
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