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Category: Fieldwalking

Excavation Fieldwalking Neolithic ORCA

Prehistoric quernstone is latest evidence of Neolithic settlement site on outskirts of Kirkwall

A huge prehistoric quernstone is the latest evidence of an Early Neolithic settlement on the outskirts of Kirkwall, Orkney.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, April 26, 2021 (8:00am)Friday, April 30, 2021 (11:25am)
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Fieldwalking in Orkney.
Archaeology Fieldwalking Outreach

Fieldwalking season is upon us

The fields of Orkney are now ploughed and so that means the new fieldwalking season is upon us.

by seanlisle1Friday, March 29, 2019 (12:30pm)Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (2:16pm)
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Fieldwalking near Maeshowe
Archaeology Fieldwalking Outreach

New landscape archaeology project to begin in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney

The Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) has secured grant funding from Historic Environment Scotland and the Orkney Archaeology Society for a new landscape project in Orkney.

by seanlisle1Tuesday, March 5, 2019 (10:58am)Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (2:20pm)
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Archaeology Fieldwalking Outreach

Community archaeology in Orkney- fieldwalking starts soon

by seanlisle1Monday, February 27, 2017 (6:49am)Tuesday, March 30, 2021 (5:05pm)
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Fieldwalking Orkney Outreach

Orkney World Heritage Site fieldwalking exhibition launch

If you are in Kirkwall at 2pm on Thursday 12th January then you are cordially invited to the launch of the field walking exhibition being held at Orkney Museum.

by seanlisle1Friday, January 6, 2017 (5:07am)Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (2:32pm)
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Fieldwalking Outreach

Orkney World Heritage Site fieldwalking exhibition planned

Preparations for a new exhibition at Orkney Museum showing finds from the 2016 Orkney World Heritage Site Fieldwalking Project are under way.

by seanlisle1Friday, December 16, 2016 (2:27am)Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (2:37pm)
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Archaeology Fieldwalking Outreach

Community archaeology workshop

Following the community archaeology fieldwalking carried out last month, local community volunteers received basic training in archaeological finds cataloguing at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute laboratory.

by seanlisle1Friday, June 3, 2016 (2:31pm)Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (2:40pm)
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Fieldwalking Outreach

Community archaeology: fieldwalking photographs

by seanlisle1Thursday, April 21, 2016 (9:32am)Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (2:41pm)
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Archaeology Fieldwalking Outreach

Fieldwalking in Orkney: end of week one

Despite some seasonal weather, the first week of fieldwalking in the Orkney World Heritage Site buffer zone has finished and six fields have been walked to the east of the Loch of Harray.

by seanlisle1Friday, March 11, 2016 (11:22am)Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (2:45pm)
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Fieldwalking Outreach

Orkney World Heritage Site fieldwalking project secures £9,900 lottery grant

The Orkney World Heritage Site Fieldwalking Project: Learning About Archaeology Amongst Orkney’s World-famous Monuments, has secured a £9,900 National Lottery grant to undertake archaeological fieldwalking in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site Buffer Zone.

by Dan LeeMonday, February 22, 2016 (1:00pm)Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (2:53pm)
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