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North Ronaldsay

North Ronaldsay Industrial Heritage Sites
  • The kelp industry in 19th century North Ronaldsay
  • Dennis Ness and Dennis Head
  • Hooking Mill
  • Lenswick and Torness
  • Linklet Bay
  • Millhouse milling complex
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Archaeology Orkney

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UHI Archaeology Institute, UHI Orkney, East Road, Kirkwall. KW15 1LX
(01856) 569000
sigurd.towrie@uhi.ac.uk
8am-5pm. Monday to Friday

Links

  • UHI Archaeology Institute website
  • Ness of Brodgar Excavation
  • Ness of Brodgar Facebook
  • The Cairns excavation Facebook
  • Working Stone – the prehistoric stone tools of Orkney
  • Orkney Archaeology Society
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