Excavations at the Ness of Brodgar

This "dig" has been going on for many years. Recently more funding has allowed the duration to be extended from 6 to 8 weeks a year. It was very interesting watching the folk painstakingly documenting their progress - dig a little, write a lot. A carved stone lintel was found last week - a find that was reported in the papers while we were here.

Orkney Islands

August 20th 2015
Geo: 58.9804, -2.95626After a 90min ferry ride from Thurso, when we had a fine buffet breakfast, we arrived at Stromness in the Orkneys. We spent the day (a little windy and slightly overcast, but still a bottler) visiting various sites around the island. In the late afternoon we drove down to the very bottom of Orkney Island, driving over the four "Churchill Barriers" built in WWI ... read more

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