Results of test-pit exercise hint that Firth promontory may be a crannog
Postgraduate students were back in Firth, Orkney, recently to carry out test-pitting on a promontory at the northern end of the Wasdale loch.
Category: Excavation
Only days let to vote for the Ness in 2024 Current Archaeology Awards
The Ness of Brodgar excavation is in the running for two titles in the national 2024 Current Archaeology Awards.
2024 excavation dates and open days
The 2024 dates for the three UHI Archaeology Institute excavations have been confirmed.
‘Rediscovering a lost Neolithic tomb’ – recording of OAS talk now online
The recording of the Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) talk on the rediscovery and excavation of a Maeshowe-type chambered cairn in Holm.
Re-excavating the stone circle – a look back at the 2008 Ring of Brodgar dig
After the original was lost, we’ve collected all the material from the 2008 Ring of Brodgar excavation dig diary, expanded on it, and made it available online again.
Lost Neolithic chambered cairn unearthed in Orkney’s East Mainland
In August and September, excavation in the East Mainland parish of Holm revealed the remains of a Maeshowe-type chambered cairn.
Dig team back on site at Swartigill after mid-season break
The excavation team at the Iron Age site at Swartigill, in Caithness, are back on site after their four-day long-weekend break.
Skaill farm – a student’s experience of the excavation field school
Undergraduate student Sarah James reports on her experience over the two-week excavation field school at Skaill farm, Rousay.
Crossing to Caithness for last dig of the season
Excavation resumes at Swartigill, Caithness, tomorrow – running until September 8.
Skaill farm excavation – week three update
As the trenches at Skaill farm, in Rousay, are closed for another year, project co-director Dan Lee reflects on another successful season.
Skaill farm excavation – week two update
The end of our second week finished with a glorious day of sunshine and the site open day on Saturday, enjoyed by over 60 visitors from Rousay, Orkney and beyond.
UHI Students reveal more of the ‘Great Wall’ at Ness of Brodgar fieldschool
Our two-week fieldschool at the Ness of Brodgar came to an end yesterday, with the students achieving, admirably, what site director Nick Card tasked them to do – open a trench extension and expose another section of the “Great Wall of Brodgar”.
Head to Rousay this Saturday for 2023 open day at Skaill farm dig
The ongoing excavations at Skaill farm, Rousay, are hosting an open day this Saturday, July 22, 2023.
Skaill farm excavation – week one update
The end of the first week at Skaill saw the trenches reopened and new excavations started, focusing on the range of buildings below the surviving 19th century farm – the earliest phases of which could be late medieval.
The Cairns dig diary – day twenty
Dig director sums up a successful 2023 excavation season
The Cairns dig diary – day nineteen
Work under way to re-cover the archaeology
The Cairns dig diary – day eighteen
Wrapping up on the final day of digging.
The Cairns dig diary – day seventeen
Red deer remains confirmed outside the broch.
The Cairns dig diary – day sixteen
Great work on site today before rain halted play…
The Cairns dig diary – day fifteen
Placing the ‘Elder assemblage’ in its contemporary context and setting