Lovely new photos of this site to illustrate the new book: Animating the Dead: An Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney - more in the comments on this page. Barrow Cemetery in Orkney West Mainland. The cairns were constructed using natural drumlins as platforms. Though many were excavated by 'barrow-diggers' only the one with the golden discs was in any sense recorded. The 2002 excavation, besides numerous cists in one of the cairns revealed in a flat area between two of the cairns some kind of building - perhaps a mortuary structure.
Published on September 20, 2024 05:33
