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SUMMARY:Digs: Skaill Farm
DESCRIPTION:Please check the site website before planning a visit
URL:https://orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/event/digs-skaill-farm/
LOCATION:Rousay
CATEGORIES:Digs
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240610T110000
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SUMMARY:Digs: The Cairns
DESCRIPTION:Please check the site website before planning a visit
URL:https://orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/event/digs-the-cairns/
LOCATION:South Ronaldsay
CATEGORIES:Digs
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240626T093000
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SUMMARY:Digs: 2024 Dates for the Ness of Brodgar
DESCRIPTION:The dates for next year’s excavation – the final season of fieldwork at the Ness – have been set. \n2024’s nine-week excavation – the final season at the Ness of Brodgar – is open to the public on weekdays\, from 9.30am-4.30pm\, between Wednesday\, June 26 and Friday\, August 16. \nThe site will also be open on the two scheduled Sunday open days (see below). \nIt is closed to visitors from Monday\, August 19\, so work to infill the trenches can be carried out. \n\nThere is no entry to the excavation if the main gate is closed and there are no staff on site.\nPlease do not drop off passengers at the site entrance – the single-track road is busy and potentially dangerous.\nIn bad weather we may have to close the site at very short notice.\n\nFree site tours\n\nWhile the site is open to the public\, our free excavation tours take place on weekdays at 11am\, 1pm and 3pm.\nEach tour lasts approximately one hour.\nThere is no need to book the free tours. Just turn up on site ahead of the start time.\n\nOpen days\nThere will be two open days in 2024 – Sunday\, July 14\, 2024\, and Sunday\, August 4\, 2024. \nThese will feature continues tours\, demonstrations\, displays and activities on site and at the Stenness school. \nJust turn up at either location any time between 11am and 4pm on the days. \nWhile on site\n\nPlease remember that the Ness of Brodgar is a working archaeological dig in a field.\nBe prepared for bumpy\, sometimes wet and slippy ground.\nPlease keep to indicated routes and stay away from the edge of the digging areas.\n\nToilets\n\nThere are no public toilets available on site.\nThe nearest facilities are in Stenness village (outside the Maeshowe visitor centre)\, 1.2 miles (2km) from the dig.\n\nDogs\n\nDogs are welcome\, but please keep them on their leads.\n\nFor full details \, including site opening hours\, Visit the Ness website click here. \nDue to the complex nature of the archaeology\, we won’t be taking volunteers in 2024\, unless they have previous experience working at the Ness.
URL:https://orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/event/2024-dates-for-the-ness-of-brodgar/
LOCATION:Ness of Brodgar
CATEGORIES:Digs,Outside,Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ness of Brodgar Trust":MAILTO:info@nessofbrodgar.co.uk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250711
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250712
DTSTAMP:20250706T175102Z
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SUMMARY:Open day: The Cairns
DESCRIPTION:Your chance to visit the current dig going on at South Ronaldsay
URL:https://orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/event/open-day-the-cairns/
LOCATION:The Cairns\, South Ronaldsay\, Orkney
CATEGORIES:Digs,News,Talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260718
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SUMMARY:Dig: The Cairns -  dates
DESCRIPTION:This will be the last season of the Cairns Dig to keep up to date with what is happening follow their Dig Diary \nIf you wish to visit they are happy to receive visitors across their digging season from 10am to 4pm each weekday until July 17
URL:https://orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/event/dig-the-cairns-dates/
LOCATION:The Cairns\, South Ronaldsay\, Orkney
CATEGORIES:Digs
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260706
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260725
DTSTAMP:20260108T135720Z
CREATED:20260108T135720Z
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UID:4446-1783296000-1784937599@orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk
SUMMARY:Dig: Skaill farm
DESCRIPTION:Landscapes of Change: archaeologies of the Rousay Clearances and the Westness Estate
URL:https://orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/event/dig-skaill-farm/
CATEGORIES:Digs
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260731
DTSTAMP:20260128T181344Z
CREATED:20251203T181900Z
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UID:4415-1783382400-1785455999@orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk
SUMMARY:Dig: Ness of Brodgar Time Team excavation
DESCRIPTION:The dates for the Time Team-funded excavation at the Ness have been confirmed and the dig will be open to visitors\, on weekdays\, between Tuesday\, July 7\, and Thursday\, July 30\, 2026. \nThe dig will see a small trench opened to investigate a series of anomalies in the 2025 ground-penetrating radar (GPR) results. \nThe Ness of Brodgar Trust are planning to run site tours during the excavation period\, but\, as Nick stressed in his previous post\, please remember that the buildings previously excavated will not be visible.
URL:https://orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/event/dig-ness-of-brodgar-time-team-excavation/
LOCATION:Ness of Brodgar
CATEGORIES:Digs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ness of Brodgar Trust":MAILTO:info@nessofbrodgar.co.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260719
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260815
DTSTAMP:20260108T135912Z
CREATED:20260108T135912Z
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UID:4448-1784419200-1786751999@orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk
SUMMARY:Dig: Spurness
DESCRIPTION:Spurness 2025: dig diary day ten
URL:https://orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/event/dig-spurness/
CATEGORIES:Digs
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