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Name: Open day: The Cairns
Start: 2025-07-11T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-07-11T23:59:59+01:00
Location: The Cairns

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Month

October 2020
October 28, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

AGM and Virtual Talk by Caroline Wickham-Jones

On-Line

Wednesday 28 October is our rescheduled Annual General Meeting, which starts at 7pm. This is our report back to you… Read More

Free
April 2021
Featured April 28, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

On-Line Talk: The Life and Times of The Cairns

On-Line

A Thousand Years of living at a Broch settlement A Zoom talk with Martin Carruthers(University of the Highlands and Islands,… Read More

Free
May 2021
May 26, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

OAS 2021 AGM

On-Line

The Charity AGM, will be on-line to be followed by an update on the St Magnus Graffiti Project, by Dr… Read More

Free
June 2021
Featured June 30, 2021 @ 10:30 am - August 11, 2021 @ 5:30 pm

Ness of Brodgar dig

Ness of Brodgar

Full details here https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/2021-excavation-dates-set/ “Although the dig will be open to the public between June 30 and August 11, 2021, to… Read More

Free
May 2022
Featured May 26, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

OAS AGM 2022 and Talk

On-Line

More details and documents here https://orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/oas-agm-2022/ This will be on Zoom Martin Carruthers will be giving a talk about the… Read More

Free
November 2023
November 7, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Video: Re-discovering a lost Neolithic tomb at Blomuir, Holm

King Street Halls King Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom

This talk is now viewable on YouTube here OAS talk with Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark (curator of Prehistory (Neolithic) National Museums… Read More
May 2024
May 30, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

AGM 2024 and Swandro Talk

On-Line

Virtual Event

To make it more available to all members we are again holding our AGM via Zoom and it will be… Read More

Free
September 2024
September 19, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Video: Tomb of the Eagles recent survey

On-Line

Graeme Cavers of AOC Archaeology, part of the team undertaking a feasibility study of community purchase of the Tomb of… Read More
May 2025
May 28 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Video: A discussion between Nick Card and Mark Edmonds

Orkney Theatre Kirkwall, Orkney

There is a report and photos on this talk on the Ness of Brodgar site The video of the talk… Read More
July 2025
July 11

Open day: The Cairns

The Cairns South Ronaldsay, Orkney

Your chance to visit the current dig going on at South Ronaldsay