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Tag: community training

Kirkwall THI ORCA Outreach

Recording the built heritage of Kirkwall, Orkney

Training and supporting volunteers to record the built heritage of Kirkwall and adding the results to the national record online.

by seanlisle1Friday, March 8, 2019 (4:25pm)Thursday, April 1, 2021 (9:26am)
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St Magnus Cathedral
Outreach St Magnus Graffiti Project

St Magnus Cathedral graffiti project launched

Archaeologists from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute have teamed up with Orkney Archaeology Society for an exciting community archaeology project centred on the 870 year old St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney.

by seanlisle1Friday, January 18, 2019 (7:53am)Thursday, June 3, 2021 (9:33am)
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Iron Age Swartigill

Community archaeology dig to start in Caithness

The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute have teamed up with Yarrows Heritage Trust to re-commence the community excavation of possible Iron Age structures at the Burn of Swartigill on 20th August.

by seanlisle1Tuesday, August 14, 2018 (4:26am)Saturday, August 7, 2021 (10:39am)
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Archaeology Mapping Magnus

Mapping Magnus – Manse Stane Walk 18th November

by seanlisle1Friday, November 10, 2017 (1:51am)Friday, November 10, 2017 (2:50am)
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Archaeology Mapping Magnus Outreach

Mapping Magnus Dates for the Diary 2

by Dan LeeWednesday, August 30, 2017 (12:30am)Wednesday, September 6, 2017 (5:15am)
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Excavation Outreach Rousay Skaill Farmstead

A summer of archaeology in Rousay

Dan Lee, Dr Ingrid Mainland, Dr Jen Harland and Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, together with a team of local volunteers and schoolchildren, embarked on a programme of archaeology in Rousay, Orkney over the summer 2017.

by seanlisle1Tuesday, August 15, 2017 (11:09pm)Monday, March 15, 2021 (11:52am)
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Mapping Magnus

Mapping Magnus dates for the diary 1

by Dan LeeWednesday, August 9, 2017 (5:20am)Wednesday, August 30, 2017 (12:34am)
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Mapping Magnus

Mapping Magnus Geophysics to Commence

by seanlisle1Wednesday, July 19, 2017 (2:13am)Wednesday, July 19, 2017 (2:36am)
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Archaeology Kirkwall THI

Archaeological Building Survey Opportunity, Kirkwall

by seanlisle1Monday, May 15, 2017 (4:24am)Monday, May 6, 2019 (1:30pm)
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Archaeology Kirkwall THI

Geophysics and Building Survey for Kirkwall THI Archaeology Programme 2017

by seanlisle1Friday, March 3, 2017 (12:28am)Monday, May 6, 2019 (2:22pm)
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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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