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Project Details
Description of project aims
A place-name study of Deerness parish, Orkney with the aim of better understanding landscape development from the Norse period through to the C19th Agricultural Revolution.
Key funding - quote all funding agency(s)
Discovery of previously unidentified large medieval estate and increased awareness of its development over time.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 15/02/21 → 26/04/23 |
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Activities
- 1 Invited talk
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Behind the scenes: researching Deerness place-names in the Orkney Archive
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Speaker)
26 Apr 2023Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
Research output
- 1 Article
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Place-names in Sandwick, Deerness, Orkney: 'The greatest household in Orkney next to the Earls'
Gibbon, S. J., 30 Sept 2022, Whispering Gallery, 156, p. 7-11 5 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or web blog › Article