The Cairns…Dolmens …Much of interest
On-line Archaeology Seminar & Discussion
Cuween Cairn – Wideford Hill
“it was a clear, sunny day in mid-October and we wanted to be somewhere up, to look about us – so combining Cuween and Wideford seemed like a good idea.”
More Fun With Limpets!
“I was thinking, again, about children playing with shells in past times”
The Viking Bead Makers of Ribe, Denmark
“The glassmakers in Ribe were clearly connoisseurs who preferred the clearest glass they could get their hands on.” Gry Hoffmann Barfod from the Department of Geoscience at Aarhus University
One Memory Leads To Another……
“Many years ago Mike and I climbed Knocknarea, and the cairn. “
The Cairns Broch and a Fin Whale – The End of Two Giants
“This research helps us to recognise the significant role that the treatment of the fin whale had in the dramatic procedures of deliberately ending of the monumental broch.” – Martin Carruthers
An Update On – And Past Glories Of – The Swandro Dig!
“A STONE WITH A PICTISH BLACKSMITH’S HANDPRINTS ON IT!”
The Tomb of the Eagles
“Personally, I would like to say THANK YOU to the folk at the Cairn for the many, many good memories which will stay with me”
A Journey Into The Underworld
“I get the impression that, in that broad band of time known as The Neolithic, people looked up to the skies and the stars, connecting them with the Earth. “
Coming Up to Samhain
“On the evening of Thursday the 28th October the sea and sky of the Bay of Hinderayre turned pink – not bright pink but a deep, strong pink.”
