Today we went on a visit to the Orkney museum to look for evidence of Norse settlement in Orkney. It was very busy with holiday visitors and pupils keen to do research from other schools e.g. Orphir .
We were looking for evidence particularly of family life at home and grave goods.
The museum in Orkney has a selection of smaller and replica items e.g. bone pins and a replica whalebone plaque from the Scar boat burial on Sanday. Large and very important finds e.g. the Skaill Hoard of silver items and the original whalebone plaque are on display in larger museums in cities like Edinburgh where perhaps it is felt that more people will have the chance to view them. They are also on loan to museums around the world.
To record our evidence
- we took photographs
- made notes
- tried to find answers to key questions
- made sketches
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