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Category: The Cairns Dig Diary 2018

Excavation Iron Age The Cairns The Cairns Dig Diary 2018

Two-thousand-year-old wooden bowl discovered in underground chamber beneath broch

Archaeologists from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute were astonished last week when they unearthed a 2,000-year-old wooden bowl from an underground chamber beneath The Cairns broch, South Ronaldsay, in Orkney.

by seanlisle1Thursday, July 12, 2018 (4:11am)Friday, October 28, 2022 (10:09am)
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The Cairns Day Eighteen – 2018

by seanlisle1Wednesday, July 11, 2018 (11:55pm)Wednesday, July 11, 2018 (11:57pm)
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The Cairns Day Seventeen – 2018

by seanlisle1Tuesday, July 10, 2018 (11:33pm)
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The Cairns Day Sixteen – 2018

by seanlisle1Tuesday, July 10, 2018 (9:58am)Tuesday, July 10, 2018 (11:19pm)
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Open Day @thecairnsbroch

by seanlisle1Monday, July 9, 2018 (2:13am)Monday, July 9, 2018 (2:15am)
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The Cairns Day Fourteen – 2018

by seanlisle1Friday, July 6, 2018 (12:11am)Friday, July 6, 2018 (1:33am)
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The Cairns Day Thirteen – 2018

by seanlisle1Wednesday, July 4, 2018 (11:44pm)
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The Cairns Day Twelve – 2018

by seanlisle1Wednesday, July 4, 2018 (12:48am)
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