Vybik Jon
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Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney
Feb 10, 2021, 19:39
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It's being re-run on BBC4/BBC iPlayer.
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common era
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Re: Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney
Feb 11, 2021, 10:41
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Watched it and recording it in case I miss the rest. Brilliant series, brings back so many memories. Was a honour and priviledge to have shared the Orcadian experience with you! Memories that will last me a life time. x
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Vybik Jon
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Re: Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney
Feb 11, 2021, 19:37
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common era wrote: Watched it and recording it in case I miss the rest. Brilliant series, brings back so many memories. Was a honour and priviledge to have shared the Orcadian experience with you! Memories that will last me a life time. x
Having turned 60 I've been increasingly taking stock of my past, despite that being something I always tried to avoid - what's done is done, you know? Anyhow, it's been a bitter-sweet experience but I can say without hesitation that Orkney and everything connected with it shines out. If I never thank Copey for anything else, I'm forever grateful for meeting you and our subsequent adventures.
No Copey, no HH, no you. It's actually been a most uncommon era and more to come once this fucking blight is gone from us!
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drewbhoy
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Re: Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney
Feb 11, 2021, 19:43
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This might be of interest :-)
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/have-archaeologists-found-another-skara-brae-orkney-3129649?fbclid=IwAR0Bq-B3_yo3TdhrshFln9jxJ3b31Y3QXn3p5LQ9dXewrasqAupuq_Nwp4w
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Vybik Jon
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Edited Feb 11, 2021, 20:40
Re: Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney
Feb 11, 2021, 20:40
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Splendid - thanks.
Having to stand by and worry about erosion is another unexpected side-effect of the Coriolanus.
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drewbhoy
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Re: Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney
Feb 12, 2021, 09:14
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I saw much the same things in Uist and Harris, on their west coasts. In harris a cairn gradually falling into the sea, meanwhile in Uist the erosion reveals wheelhouses and settlements along with the occasional beach cairn.
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tomatoman
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Re: Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney
Feb 13, 2021, 13:20
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Surprising that the Bay of Skaill hasn't long since been evaluated for linked settlements - or is it in the rules that it's good form to wait for natural erosion to expose something?
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drewbhoy
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Re: Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney
Feb 13, 2021, 14:30
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Wouldn't have thought so but it's a safe bet there will be more than just the Bay of Skaill, same in the Western Isles, who knows what's underneath the peat and heather.
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tomatoman
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Re: Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney
Feb 13, 2021, 15:24
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I know. I've seen probable human remains on North Uist at Baleshare and on Sanday near Newark
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drewbhoy
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Re: Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney
Feb 14, 2021, 10:36
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tomatoman wrote: I know. I've seen probable human remains on North Uist at Baleshare and on Sanday near Newark
Same here, we were in a cottage just across from Baleshare, on one of the nights we saw St Kilda from Dun Mor.
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