Hear the legends behind family and place names in Orkney
Three events are taking place in November as part of Vikings, Pirates, and Shipwrecked Princesses – a project recording folklore attached to Orkney names – and Book Week Scotland 2022.
Category: Outreach
Video: Finding the Mesolithic in Orkney – talk and walk in Stronsay
The recording of Dr Ben Elliot and Dan Lee’s talk, delivered in Stronsay on September 13, 2022
Tombs of the Isles launch date for Shapinsay
The rescheduled Shapinsay launch event for the Tombs of the Isles project will take place on Tuesday, September 6.
Seeking stories of Orkney names for new folklore project
To mark Scotland’s Year of Stories, a new project to record Orcadian folktales is being led by Dr Ragnhild Ljosland of the UHI Archaeology Institute
Link: Graffiti hunt finds 600 marks in Orkney’s St Magnus Cathedral
A news story about the St Magnus Cathedral Graffiti Project, which has seen the publication of a leaflet detailing some of the inscriptions found in the 12th century cathedral.
Tombs of the Isles – dates for rescheduled Westray events
The Westray launch events for the Tombs of the Isles community project will take place on Thursday, March 31, and Friday, April 1.
Tombs of the Isles launch tour in Papay this week
The UHI Archaeology Institute Tombs of the Isles community project reaches Eday this week, with launch events on March 3 and 4.
Discussing ancient technology with the children of Eday
Ancient technology sessions with Eday schoolchildren, held during the launch of the Tombs of the Isles launch events, were hailed a great success last week.
Dates for the diary – remainder of ‘Tombs of the Isles’ events scheduled
Dates have been set for the rest of the Tombs of the Isles launch events in Orkney’s North Isles – including a new date for Westray, which had to be postponed this week.
Tombs of the Isles – lots of interest in project at Sanday launch
Our Tombs of the Isles project reached Sanday last week, with launch events on Wednesday and Thursday.
Tombs of the Isles – February launch dates set for Sanday and Westray
The next two launch events for the Tombs of the Isles project take place in Sanday and Westray in February 2022.
Rousay is the venue for this month’s ‘Tombs of the Isles’ project launch
Rousay will play host to the inaugural event of a new project to explore the Neolithic chambered tombs in Orkney’s North Isles later this month.
Video: Exploring applications of location-based augmented reality in an island landscape
The recording of October’s UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, which took place on Friday, October 29, 2021.
‘Tombs of the Isles’ project relaunch on the horizon
A project to celebrate, research and share the stories of the Neolithic chambered tombs in Orkney’s North Isles is about to get under way.
Join Energy Landscapes project in Eday to explore the story of peat
The island of Eday is the venue for the final field event of the Orkney Energy Landscapes Project, which will explore the story of peat – from its environmental history to peat cutting and exporting from the island.
Swartigill dig diary 2021 – visiting schoolchildren see archaeologists in action
Today was the first of many visits by the local schools. The first of the season this year was the P6-7 class of Lybster Primary. The class was first shown around the site and introduced to Iron Age Swartigill Burn. Alannah Edwards reports…
Orkney Viking Week is back and on the horizon…
Orkney Viking week is set to go ahead from September 9-19, with both face-to-face and online activities on the programme.
From Yesnaby to Blackhall – pictures from today’s ‘Uranium Walk’
A few photographs from today’s “Uranium Walk” led by ORCA’s Lifelong Learning and Outreach archaeologist Dan Lee and anthropologist Dr Richard Irvine from the University of St Andrews.
Dates set for next Orkney Energy Landscapes project events
On Saturday, August 21, a “Uranium Walk” will follow the route from Yesnaby, Sandwick, to Drydale farm, Kirbister, Stromness. This will be followed, on August 25, by a walk around the Flotta oil terminal and discuss the coming of oil and the changes in the Orcadian landscape.
‘Uist Unearthed’ augmented reality app launched
A smartphone app to allow visitors to experience some of the Western Isles’ most significant archaeological sites as never before was launched on Monday.