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Category: Excavation

Picture: Tom O'Brien
Excavation Iron Age The Cairns

The Cairns dig diary – day twenty

Dig director sums up a successful 2023 excavation season

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, July 10, 2023 (10:26pm)Monday, July 10, 2023 (10:26pm)
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Skaill Farm Sign (Sigurd Towrie)
Excavation Skaill Farmstead

Back to Skaill farm for three-week excavation

A team from the UHI Archaeology Institute team is back at the multi-period settlement site at Skaill farm, Rousay, today for a three-week excavation.

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, July 9, 2023 (8:36am)Sunday, July 9, 2023 (9:18am)
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Excavation Iron Age The Cairns

The Cairns dig diary – day nineteen

Work under way to re-cover the archaeology

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, July 6, 2023 (9:12pm)Thursday, July 6, 2023 (9:12pm)
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Excavation Iron Age The Cairns

The Cairns dig diary – day eighteen

Wrapping up on the final day of digging.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, July 5, 2023 (8:08pm)Wednesday, July 5, 2023 (8:08pm)
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Excavation Iron Age The Cairns

The Cairns dig diary – day seventeen

Red deer remains confirmed outside the broch.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, July 4, 2023 (8:59pm)Tuesday, July 4, 2023 (8:59pm)
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Excavation Iron Age The Cairns

The Cairns dig diary – day sixteen

Great work on site today before rain halted play…

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, July 3, 2023 (7:03pm)Monday, July 3, 2023 (7:03pm)
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Visitors at Ness of Brodgar (Jim Richardson)
Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Archaeologists returning to the Ness of Brodgar for penultimate dig season

The penultimate season of excavation at the Ness of Brodgar gets under way tomorrow, with the site open to the public from Wednesday.

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, July 2, 2023 (10:30am)Sunday, July 2, 2023 (10:30am)
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Excavation Iron Age The Cairns

The Cairns dig diary – day fifteen

Placing the ‘Elder assemblage’ in its contemporary context and setting

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, June 30, 2023 (9:37pm)Saturday, July 1, 2023 (9:49am)
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