Online Talk: Martin Carruthers on the Cairns, Orkney
20 November 2025 19:30
This online only talk will be given by Martin Carruthers of UHI on the Cairns broch excacations at South Ronaldsay Orkney. Full details to follow.
A link will be sent to NOSAS members nearer the time.
The excavations at The Cairns are part of an archaeological research project investigating the later prehistory of the landscape around Windwick, on the island of South Ronaldsay, Orkney.
Work at The Cairns has been ongoing since 2006, with the investigation now focusing on the excavation of a large Atlantic Roundhouse, or broch, and associated structures from various phases through the Iron Age and Norse period.
The project is run by director Martin Carruthers, a lecturer in archaeology with UHI Archaeology Institute, based at Orkney College.
Further info at https://archaeologyorkney.com/the-cairns/.
