An article from Margret Rorie on the keep industry in North Ronaldsay and link to the industrial heritage summary report.An article from Margaret Rorie on the 19th century kelp industry in North Ronaldsay and link to the industrial heritage project summary report.
ORCA’s survey of Millhouse, North Ronaldsay, carried out as part of the From Peat Spade to Tangle Trade industrial heritage project, is now online.
The first North Ronaldsay site surveys, carried out as part of the ‘From Peat Spade to Tangle Trade’ industrial heritage project, are now online.
The survey report on the Balfour Village gasometer, carried out as part of ORCA’s North Isles industrial heritage project.
The first of the ORCA Industrial heritage surveys are now online – Fersness quarry and Redhouse in Eday.
Explore the sounds of industrial spaces at free workshops in Shapinsay, Stronsay, North Ronaldsay and Sanday.
The ‘Peat Spade to Tangle Trade’ project is in Eday on September 2-3 and North Ronaldsay on September 5-6, to carry out fieldwork and record key industrial sites. Join Dan Lee and Sean Bell for the latest activities for the project.
Rousay has been a creative place for millennia and this is the subject of the final podcast of the series.
The first in a series of four walks around North Ronaldsay, following the route of the island’s sheep dyke, takes place this Thursday, June 6.
From trows to walking stones…the penultimate episode of the new Rousay Tales podcast – Believing – is available now.
The final report of the Tombs of the Isles project and a free poster map/leaflet now available to download.
Episode Four of Rousay Tales looks at farming in the island – from 5,000 years ago to the present day.
‘Fishing’, the third episode of the new Rousay Tales podcast is available now.
‘Travelling’, the second episode of the new Rousay Tales podcast is out now.
The Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) is looking to add a relief site assistant and project officer to its list of supply staff.
Project leaders Dan Lee and Sean Bell update us on the progress of the ORCA industrial heritage project so far.
The first episode of a new podcast looking at life in Rousay, past and present, is now live.
The last of the launch events for ORCA’s new industrial heritage project takes place in Rousay today, Monday, April 29, 2024.
