Tony Robinson's Top 10 Scottish 'Treasures' | Forum

goffik Jul 14, 2010 12:43:27

What a dude!

Baldrick off of Blackadder wrote:

Time Team presenter Tony Robinson, who launched VisitScotland's new Archaeological Treasures Trail, has created his own Top 10 of archaeological ‘treasures' from Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides. They are:

(1) THE LEWIS CHESSMEN, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

(2) CALANAIS STANDING STONES*, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

(3) CLADH HALLAN, South Uist, Outer Hebrides.

(4) BROCH OF MOUSA*, Island of Mousa, Shetland.

(5) SHETLAND MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES, Shetland.

(6) JARLSHOF PREHISTORIC AND NORSE SETTLEMENT*, Shetland.

(7) MAESHOWE CHAMBERED CAIRN*, Orkney.

(8) MINE HOWE, Orkney.

(9) SKARA BRAE PREHISTORIC VILLAGE*, Orkney.

(10) THE TOMB OF THE EAGLES, South Ronaldsay, Orkney

http://www.thetraveleditor.com/article/5399/Things_to_do_Historic_Archaeology_Tony_Robinson_s_Top_10_Scottish_Treasures.html

drewbhoy Jul 14, 2010 12:57:01

Replying to goffik

He obviously couldn't sail his boat to the mainland going by that list :-)

BigSweetie Jul 14, 2010 14:08:30

Replying to goffik

There are 30 of the Chessmen (19 more than usual) on display at the National Museum in Edinburgh until the 21st of September.

Then they'll go on tour around Scotland before returning to the British Museum in London.

Aberdeen Art Gallery (October 7, 2010 – 8 January 2011)

Shetland Museum & Archives (January 29, 2011 – March 27, 2011)

Museum nan Eilean, Lewis (April 2011, 15 – September, 12 2011)