Time Team Excavation Site Sanday
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This is Sanday on the Orkney Islands, and I’m standing on the Ness of Brock.
Ness meaning headland and Brock being the ancient Norse word for a fort.
This was the perfect stopping off point for the Vikings coming from Norway over there on their way to raid the rich abbeys of Northern England 300 miles in that direction.
There’s loads of Viking remains on this island and some local school kids have written in to us because they think that these mounds might be Viking too. Well, we’ve got just three days to find out.
Ness meaning headland and Brock being the ancient Norse word for a fort.
This was the perfect stopping off point for the Vikings coming from Norway over there on their way to raid the rich abbeys of Northern England 300 miles in that direction.
There’s loads of Viking remains on this island and some local school kids have written in to us because they think that these mounds might be Viking too. Well, we’ve got just three days to find out.
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Coordinates: 59°15'51"N 2°36'18"W
- Ness of Brodgar World Heritage Site 46 km
- Moray Firth 178 km
- Castle - Clan Rose 210 km
- Loch Ness 239 km
- Aviemore 240 km
- Torridon 256 km
- River Tay (Dunkeld) National Scenic Area 302 km
- Ardnamurchan Caldera 350 km
- John Muir Country Park 361 km
- Hirta 384 km
- Sanday Island 4.3 km
- Calf of Eday Island 7.8 km
- Papa Stronsay 13 km
- Eday Island 13 km
- North Ronaldsay 16 km
- Stronsay 17 km
- Auskerry 26 km
- Shapinsay 28 km
- Orkney Islands (Mainland) 37 km
- Fair Isle 63 km