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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Sandyhills
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p>Stout footwear recommended.</p><p>Directions: Take the A710 coastal road towards Sandyhills and look for sign ‘Newbarns site’ between Portling Road-end and Sandyhills Golf Club. Please park in the field at the site entrance and not on the narrow road. Keep all gates closed. </p>
OpeningTime1
10.30-16.00
OpeningDate1
30/9/2012
OpeningTime2
10.30-16.00
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
12021
Refreshments
No
Postcode
DG5 4PY
Parking
No
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Newbarns Project
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
dumfriesandgalloway
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1104
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,54.8769,-3.739943;
Description
An account of the resource
<div>The archaeologists at Newbarns have been working since 2002 on a multi-period site, starting with Neolithic burials and ending with Medieval features. Find out what happened in prehistoric times when a person died. Where did they go? A chance to explore a fascinating place inhabited through the Iron Age and on into Medieval times.</div><div>As a Scottish Archaeology Month and DOD highlight, Alastair Penman of the Stewartry Archaeological Trust will offer tours of the site at 11am and 2.30pm on both Saturday and Sunday.</div><div>Take this opportunity to try your hand as an archaeologist (tools will be available), view the artefacts the digs have uncovered and hear about the Trust’s investigations and theories. Please wear stout footwear and midge cream!</div>