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Video: ‘I helped cover a 5,000-year-old monument with worn-out tyres’

Monday, August 16, 2021 (7:18 PM)

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Please note: The fieldwork element of the Ness of Brodgar project ended in August 2024 and the excavation site is now closed to the public. Our focus is now on post-excavation analysis.

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