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Tag: The Cairns

Archaeology Courses The Cairns

Field Archaeology Short Course @ The Cairns, Orkney

by seanlisle1Friday, January 25, 2019 (1:59am)Tuesday, May 7, 2019 (9:01pm)
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Excavation Iron Age The Cairns The Cairns Dig Diary 2018

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

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)Saturday, March 13, 2021 (10:08am)
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Archaeology The Cairns Dig Diary 2018

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 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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The Cairns Day Eleven – 2018

by seanlisle1Tuesday, July 3, 2018 (12:18am)Tuesday, July 3, 2018 (12:21am)
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The Cairns Day Ten – 2018

by seanlisle1Monday, July 2, 2018 (2:42am)Monday, July 2, 2018 (2:43am)
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The Cairns Day Nine – 2018

by seanlisle1Friday, June 29, 2018 (12:16am)Friday, June 29, 2018 (12:33am)
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The Cairns Day Eight – 2018

by seanlisle1Thursday, June 28, 2018 (1:20am)Thursday, June 28, 2018 (1:21am)
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The Cairns Day Seven – 2018

by seanlisle1Wednesday, June 27, 2018 (12:15am)
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The Cairns Day Six – 2018

by seanlisle1Monday, June 25, 2018 (10:55pm)
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The Cairns Day Five 2018

by seanlisle1Monday, June 25, 2018 (1:03am)Monday, June 25, 2018 (1:24am)
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The Cairns Day Four 2018

by seanlisle1Thursday, June 21, 2018 (11:57pm)Friday, June 22, 2018 (12:16am)
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The Cairns Day Three 2018

by seanlisle1Thursday, June 21, 2018 (12:52am)Thursday, June 21, 2018 (12:52am)
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The Cairns Day Two 2018

by seanlisle1Wednesday, June 20, 2018 (1:52am)Wednesday, June 20, 2018 (1:56am)
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Archaeology The Cairns Dig Diary 2018

The Cairns Day One 2018

by seanlisle1Monday, June 18, 2018 (11:18pm)Monday, June 18, 2018 (11:53pm)
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