Experts are returning to important Scottish archaeological sites after disruption caused by Covid.
Some of Scotland's major archaeological sites are to be fully open for the first time in two years this summer.In Orkney, the entire 5,000-year-old Neolithic Ness of Brodgar settlement will be open with a full-sized dig team on-site for the first time since 2019.
In Dumfries and Galloway, volunteers have been sought for a survey of the ruins of what is described as an industrial ghost town.Lead was mined and smelted at the site until the 1870s. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland's Dig It! project will be gathering details on the archaeological finds made at locations across Scotland.Now into its fourth year, Dig It! celebrates excavations and other fieldwork taking place between 21 June and 22 September.
Over the coming weeks, experts will also be returning to Skaill Farmstead on Rousay where a large Norse hall, probably dating to the 10th to 12th centuries AD, was discovered beneath more recent structures
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