The Cairns dig diary – day five
Site director Martin Carruthers rounds up the first week of excavation at The Cairns.
Category: Excavation
The Cairns dig diary – day four
A day of steady progress across the site and a spectacular find to end the day.
The Cairns dig diary – day three
Day three at The Cairns and the finds begin emerging…
The Cairns dig diary – day two
Cleaning and preparatory work continued today, with a few nice organic finds around Structure B2.
The Cairns dig diary – day one
Back on site for the penultimate season of excavation.
Join Rick for a talk on the archaeology of Shetland’s Weisdale valley
The archaeology of Shetland’s Weisdale valley is the subject of a talk by ORCA’s Rick Barton in Lerwick on March 13.
Link: Excavating the central hearth in the Ness of Brodgar’s Structure Five
UHI Archaeology Institute PhD candidate Sarah-Jane Haston on her experience of excavating Structure Five’s central hearth in 2024.
Link: Smithsonian magazine looks at the final fieldwork season at the Ness
The Smithsonian magazine’s new article on the 2024 fieldwork season at the Ness of Brodgar is now available online.
‘Digging for Britain’ episode featuring Orkney excavations online now
The Digging for Britain programme featuring the Orkney excavations at The Cairns and Blowmuir is now available on BBC iPlayer.
2025 dig dates set . . .
Dates set for The Cairns and Skaill farm excavations.
Link: Orkney’s archaeology steals the show again
Three archaeological digs in supported by Orkney Islands Council have captured slots in popular UK-wide programmes this winter.
The dig of a lifetime – UHI students help excavate rediscovered Neolithic chambered cairn
A group of UHI Archaeology Institute students are participating in the excavation of a lifetime in Orkney’s East Mainland – investigating a Neolithic chambered cairn in the parish of Holm.
Students’ field school trench reveals another huge wall section at the Ness of Brodgar
This summer, students from the UHI Archaeology Institute were instrumental in a major, and eye-opening, discovery at the Ness of Brodgar.
The rousing sounds of Skaill farm
The second article in a series of posts exploring sound at Skaill farm, Rousay – this one from MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduate Aileen Ogilvie.
Sound theory, sound practice – Skaill Farm
Exploring the nature of sound at Skaill farm, Rousay, with MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology student Lara Band.
Dig diary – week three at Skaill, Rousay
A summary of the third and final week of excavation at Skaill, Rousay.
Dig diary – week two at Skaill, Rousay
The second week at Skaill, Rousay, has flown by with some exciting new discoveries, a wall of sound and the open day. By extending the trench a wee bit, we now have a much better understanding of the site. Project co-director Dan Lee provides an update:
Head to Rousay on Saturday for Skaill dig open day
The 2024 open day for the Skaill excavations, in Rousay, takes place on Saturday, July 20, from 9.30am until 4.30pm. All welcome.
Dig diary – week one at Skaill, Rousay
An update on week one of the Skaill excavation, Rousay, from co-director Dan Lee.
What a difference a week makes – Ness of Brodgar Trench Z under excavation by UHI students
The first week of the 2024 UHI Archaeology Institute fieldschool at the Ness of Brodgar drew to a close on Friday. And what a difference a week makes!