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

[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.