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    • Jul 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    Dig diary 2nd July - we canna take much more of this Captain!

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    • Jul 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    Dig diary 1st July - our first Swandro Sunday!

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    • Jun 30, 2018
    • 2 min

    Dig diary 30th June - coastal erosion over the winter worse than expected

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    • Jun 29, 2018
    • 2 min

    Dig diary 29th June: Uzbekistan comes to Rousay

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    • Jun 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    Dig Diary 28th June: Day Saved By Doughnuts!

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    • Jun 27, 2018
    • 2 min

    Dig diary 27th June: Sweltering Swandro – the heat, the dust, the kleggs

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    • Jun 26, 2018
    • 2 min

    Dig Diary 26th June: Boots on the Ground!

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    • Jun 25, 2018
    • 1 min

    Manna from Heaven? No - apples from Andrew!

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    • Jun 23, 2018
    • 1 min

    Soggy Swandro Saturday

    101
    • Jun 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    D-Day minus seven & counting

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    • Jun 11, 2018
    • 2 min

    Flints, hammer stones & saddle querns - more interesting than it sounds

    165
    • May 19, 2018
    • 4 min

    Taversoe Tuick Tomb

    163
    • May 18, 2018
    • 3 min

    Thank you from the Swandro Diggers!

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    • May 15, 2018
    • 1 min

    Six degrees of Swandro

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    • May 12, 2018
    • 2 min

    Quoyness chambered tomb on an apple a day

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    • Apr 24, 2018
    • 2 min

    Viking Bead from Swandro

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    • Mar 8, 2018
    • 3 min

    V Gordon Childe at Skara Brae: flappers, cloche hats & cloth caps!

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    • Jan 28, 2018
    • 4 min

    Broken bead or pendant roughout of jet-like material from Swandro

    75
    • Jan 7, 2018
    • 3 min

    Musings on Mousa, Fulmars and Big Roondie Things From the Iron Age

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    • Dec 30, 2017
    • 5 min

    Viking Hnefatafl: it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye!

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    Rained off today...
    • 2 days ago

    Rained off today...

    Finally we have archaeology!
    • 3 days ago

    Finally we have archaeology!

    Voids and cracked stones
    • 4 days ago

    Voids and cracked stones

    Recalcitrant tents, dissolving greyhounds and an endless supply of rock
    • 5 days ago

    Recalcitrant tents, dissolving greyhounds and an endless supply of rock

    Bit breezy today
    • Jun 26

    Bit breezy today

    Sun, sea and sandbags
    • Jun 25

    Sun, sea and sandbags

    Seaweed, stones & anteaters, just another day's fun at Swandro
    • Jun 24

    Seaweed, stones & anteaters, just another day's fun at Swandro

    Sweltering stone shifting in 21 degree heat - we may melt
    • Jun 23

    Sweltering stone shifting in 21 degree heat - we may melt

    Groundhog day - serried ranks of wheelbarrows...
    • Jun 22

    Groundhog day - serried ranks of wheelbarrows...

    Shopping, saddle querns & sandbags
    • Jun 21

    Shopping, saddle querns & sandbags

    Follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road...
    • Jun 20

    Follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road...

    Happy New Year
    • Jan 9

    Happy New Year

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