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Join Orkney Archaeology Society members for a special talk on the re-discovering of a chambered tomb at Blomuir in Orkney's east mainland.

The Neolithic site in Holm was largely destroyed by Victorian antiquarians 127 years ago. Experts from National Museums Scotland (NMS) and Cardiff University rediscovered the tomb after a search for its precise location. Despite the damage, the archaeologists have found 14 skeletons of men, women and children.

The OAS talk with Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark, one of the experts involved in the re-discovery, will be held at 7pm on November 7 in the King Street Halls in Kirkwall. The talk will be filmed and published online afterwards. Entry is free and all are welcome.

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