Orkney Islands Archive

Ancient DNA Study Reveals Surprise About Britain’s Bronze Age – What Happened On The Orkney Islands?

AncientPages.com | March 31, 2022

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new comprehensive study of ancient human remains taken from a cemetery at a site called the Links of Noltland has revealed surprises

The remnants of the Bronze Age settlement at low tide at Tresness, Sanday, Orkney. Credits: University of Manchester

Archaeology

One Of The Biggest Bronze Age Settlements On Orkney – Discovered

AncientPages.com | December 11, 2015

AncientPages.com - A team led by the Archaeology Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands discovered what is believed to be a Bronze Age settlement at Tresness,

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