Some of the finest archaeology is to be found in the Outer Hebrides. Now some of the magnificent discoveries have been gathered together to form this special web feature for Current Archaeology.
The Udal. A long term research excavation that began with the desertion of a medieval village, goes back through the Vikings and the Iron Age, and ends with the Neolithic.
The Udal, page 2: PrehistoryThe Valtos Peninsula. What is a broch? And what is a wheelhouse? Edinburgh University has established a Research centre in Callanish farmhouse. From this base a major research project on the brochs and wheelhouses of the Valtos peninsula has been launched, throwing new light on these mysterious and exotic structures from 2,000 years ago.
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