The Knowe of Swandro is an archaeological site located on the Bay of Swandro on Rousay in Orkney, Scotland. The site consists of a 5000-year-old Neolithic...
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sited by the shore of Loch of Harray, Orkney Mainland, Scotland, not far from the Standing Stones of Stenness, about 5 miles north-east of Stromness. It was...
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Knowe of Yarso chambered cairn is a Neolithic burial monument located on the island of Rousay in Orkney, Scotland. The site was excavated in the 1930s...
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Digging for Britain (category Archaeology of the United Kingdom)
September 2011. Each episodes of first two series had covered archaeology of specific period. The programme returned as a series of three episodes on BBC Four...
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stone slabs. Above the tomb, near the top of the hill, and built during the same time period, is the Knowe of Yarso chambered cairn. The oblong tomb measures...
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Awards is an annual awards ceremony celebrating achievements in the field of archaeology. The Archaeology Awards was founded by the British magazine Current...
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