It's over......

There has been much interest in ye ole Pauper's Coffin, currently on display in the Symbols of Mortality exhibition gallery, Orkney Museum. For context, here is a little background history, kindly provided by St Magnus Cathedral Curator, Fran Flett Hollinrake..

http://www.lorraineevans.com/index.asp?pageid=739793

And so it begins.....

Full on research day today. Currently sitting in one of my favourite burial sites, the Earl's Bu, Orphir, which includes a Viking drinking hall, a rare round church and a wee path down to the beach. More to come.....