Video: A visit to Maeshowe 60 years ago
Another from the BBC Archive, again featuring Cathal O’Shannon but this time visiting the Maeshowe chambered cairn in Stenness. Read more
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The Stones of Via
One of the most puzzling prehistoric features on the Orkney Mainland goes by the name of the Stones of Via. Most accounts over the past two centuries slotted it into one of two categories – a toppled dolmen or a denuded chambered cairn. But, as always, it is not that simple. Read more
Howe, Stromness – a hub of Neolithic and Iron Age activity
Ahead of planned agricultural improvements, the prehistoric site at Howe was excavated from 1978 until 1982 – an operation that revealed a complex series of occupation episodes spanning the Neolithic to Iron Age. Read more
Sandfiold: an ‘exceptional’ burial cist in use for almost two millennia
In 1989, a vehicle broke through the top of a rock-cut chamber that contained a rectangular, box-like structure. Read more
