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Article link: The Orkney farmer who dug the world-famous Ness of Brodgar – 80 years before anyone else

Friday, June 21, 2019 (10:40 AM)

A link to The Scotsman’s article on Peter Leith: https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/the-orkney-farmer-who-dug-the-world-famous-ness-of-brodgar-80-years-before-anyone-else-1-4951519

See also: 1925 ‘Brodgar stone’ was a taste of things to come

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