Author Topic: “Amazing” find of 12 whale skeletons on Orkney beach  (Read 398 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

rangerrebew

  • Guest
“Amazing” find of 12 whale skeletons on Orkney beach
« on: August 29, 2017, 03:07:42 pm »
“Amazing” find of 12 whale skeletons on Orkney beach



Alison Campsie

Published: 15:15 Monday 28 August 2017


Archaeologists have discovered the skeletons of at least a dozen 19th Century whales on a beach in Orkney. Two pits containing the bones have been found on Cata Sand on Sanday by a team of archaeologists led by University of Highlands and Islands.

Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/news/amazing-find-of-12-whale-skeletons-on-orkney-beach-1-4544577