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| MAINLAND SITES IN OLD ORKNEY NEWSPAPER REPORTS Ackergill Links ND35NW 9 November 1st 1864 "The Orcadian" excavation of cists by Mr Laing April 24th 1866 "The Orcadian" Petrie says the mound is natural September 18th 1866 "The Orcadian" Laing gives reasons why Long Mound is not wholly natural Birkle Hills ? ND35NW 5 ? October 3rd 1865 "The Orcadian" from "John O'Groat's Journal" Birkle Hills ND35NW 5 October 3rd 1865 "The Orcadian" from "John O'Groat's Journal" April 24th 1866 "The Orcadian" September 18th 1866 "The Orcadian" October 18th 1893 "Orkney Herald" Dingwall December 3rd 1870 "The Orcadian" previous Tuesday 2 E/W aligned cists found 6' apart in gravelly eminence at W end of Dingwall a few feet under clay subsoil. One disturbed previously, other had two decorated urns in fragments with human bones at eastern end Ha' of Bowermadden ND26SW 7 October 3rd 1865 "The Orcadian" from "John O'Groat's Journal" Keiss North/White ND36SE 3 Keiss White Gate Broch October 18th 1893 "Orkney Herald" Keiss Road ND36SW 1 Churchyard Mound / Churchyard Road Broch / Kirk Toft September 18th 1866 "The Orcadian" October 18th 1893 "Orkney Herald" Keiss South ND36SE 2 Harbour Mound October 18th 1893 "Orkney Herald" Kettleburn ND35SW 11 November 8th 1864 "The Orcadian" from "John O'Groat's Journal" cists have been found in adjacent field on Long Hills ridge October 3rd 1865 "The Orcadian" from "John O'Groat's Journal" referred to as only properly explored broch in Caithness, dug by Henry Rhind Kirkatahos April 24th 1866 "The Orcadian" worked iron fragment found in chambered tomb in middle of Kirkatahos moor on hill/ridge Long Hills November 8th 1864 "The Orcadian" from "John O'Groat's Journal" in next field to Kettleburn broch 4' by 3' cinerary cist found on Long Hills ridge. Similar cists have come from the ridge in the past and a bronze brooch found in one by landowner James Henderson of Bilbister sent to Society of Antiquaries museum Thurso ND16NW 17 July 22nd 1896 Orkney Herald" discovery location and description Yarrows November 1st 1864 "The Orcadian" roughly 2 years before Ackergill Links ND35NW 9 dug J.G.T. Sinclair of Ulbster excavated Bronze Age cist in conical mound on a hill summit in Yarrows with skeleton similarly interred with shore material brought from some distance away. Found with bronze spearhead, 10" long porphyry lance-head, black clay-slate.battle axe with 7" blade, porphyry knife and arrowheads, broken black stone knife and a mallet head broken at the ends Wester Broch ? ND35NW 4 ? October 3rd 1865 "The Orcadian" from "John O'Groat's Journal" Wester Broch ND35NW 4 Keiss Wester Broch October 3rd 1865 "The Orcadian" from "John O'Groat's Journal" April 24th 1866 "The Orcadian" September 18th 1866 "The Orcadian" October 18th 1893 "Orkney Herald" reporters did not have time to look at |
Posted by wideford21st January 2016ce Edited 21st January 2016ce
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