[Stones] Ronnie Simison MBE

[Gerald Ponting]

Great to see an amateur getting recognised like this. Crawling into that 
tomb and seeing the 'homely display' of finds is one of my enduring 
memories of a visit to Orkney about 20 years ago.
Gerald

Merryn Dineley wrote:
> For those of you who do not know, Ronnie Simison is the guy who
> excavated Tomb of the Eagles, Liddle, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, in the
> mid 1970s. He discovered the Tomb in 1958. It has just been announced
> that he has been awarded the MBE for his services to Archaeology and
> more! He is now 86 years old. It is a great shame that his wife, Morgan,
> who died twelve years ago, did not live to see this. She was also a
> driving force behind it all.
>
> >> http://www.tomboftheeagles.co.uk/
>
> Our new website is now up and running so all details are there, if you
> have not heard of us. I am lucky enough to be working there for my 
> second season now as tour guide, shop worker, cleaner and whatever 
> else needs doing. Come and visit us if you have not already done so 
> and if you happen to be on the islands!
>
> Merryn
>
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