Orkney archaeology

[wellinghall]

A bronze-age village has been found on Sanday in Orkney.

http://www.orcadian.co.uk/2015/12/chance-discovery-of-massive-bronze-age-settlement-in-sanday/

http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2015/12/10/scale-of-sanday-bronze-age-discovery-unparalleled-in-orkney/

Comments

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

How amazingly exciting! To be just walking across the wet sand, eyes wandering vaguely across some stones sticking up... some stones...some... and seeing suddenly what was right there! :)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Indeed! :-)

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Given this is Tresness, I'm, not surprised- it contains ridiculous amounts of archaeology!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Doesn't it just!

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

Cool! They must have been over the moon when they found it!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Indeed - even in the archaeological paradise that is Orkney, you don't find that sort of thing every day.

[zenicurean.livejournal.com]

That's remarkable! Thanks for the links. They'll be busy with this one for years and years.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome! :-)

And sadly, it might not be very many years - Sanday's beaches are prone to erosion :-(

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Same problem with Links of Noltland of course.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Indeed.