{"id":890,"date":"2017-07-26T19:08:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T18:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=890"},"modified":"2019-07-02T17:32:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T16:32:23","slug":"archaeology-of-the-northern-isles-orkney","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=890","title":{"rendered":"Archaeology of the Northern Isles: Orkney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/skara-brae-4-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-891\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/skara-brae-4-1.jpg?resize=615%2C369&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/skara-brae-4-1.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/skara-brae-4-1.jpg?resize=416%2C250&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/skara-brae-4-1.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/skara-brae-4-1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Birgitta Hoffmann<\/p>\n<p>The World Heritage of the Orkneys is possibly the best studied of the Scottish Islands and as a consequently the one with the most impressive sites. From Neolithic sites like Scara Brae and Maes Howe to the Pictish, Viking Sites and Medieval sites like Buckquoy and Orphir, it also offers an impressive amount of research into more recent periods such as the remains of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century fortifications of the Scapa Flow Harbour and some of the best coastal and landscape archaeology in Britain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dayschool<\/strong>: Friday, 24nd November 2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Time<\/strong>: 11am\u2013 4pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mancent.org.uk\/venues.html\">Wilmslow<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mancent.org.uk\/venues.html\">Parish<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mancent.org.uk\/venues.html\">Hall<\/a><br \/>\nCliff Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 4AA<\/p>\n<p>Please note: The car park is a pay and display car park (\u00a32).<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a332<\/td>\n<td>\u00a328*<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*\u00a328, if booked before 1 November, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with payment to<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Birgitta Hoffmann,\u00a055 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL<br \/>\n<b>email<\/b>: latinteacher@btinternet.com\u00a0<b>phone<\/b>: 07747 533 070<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann The World Heritage of the Orkneys is possibly the best studied of the Scottish Islands and as a consequently the one with the most impressive sites. From Neolithic sites like Scara Brae and Maes Howe to the Pictish, Viking Sites and Medieval sites like Buckquoy and Orphir, it also offers an impressive amount [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":676,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-890","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":893,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/890\/revisions\/893"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}