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Site of huge Iron Age feast celebration found on Orkney Windwick Bay 

16:00 Thursday 15 March 2018

Archaeologists have identified the site of a huge Iron Age feast on Orkney where more than 10,000 animals were cooked and eaten in a vast cliff top celebration. Tests have shown that horses, cattle, red deer and otters were on the menu at the gathering above Windwick Bay, South Ronaldsay, more than 1,700 years ago.

Read more at: https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/site-of-huge-iron-age-feast-celebration-found-on-orkney-1-4706453