The Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA), with support from Historic Environment Scotland, has completed a delicate rescue mission to recover a rare Pictish carved stone from an eroding cliff face in Orkney’s East Mainland.
The sheer scale of the Neolithic archaeology concentrated in one small area, the amazing stonework, the stunning location and of course the incredible artefacts that are continually coming out of the site. Just yesterday the first decorated stone emerged from the ground.
Professor Colin Richards of the University of Manchester writes about developments at the recently discovered Bronze Age settlement in Orkney.
Martha Johnson writes about her research into non-structural and non-tool rocks found at the Ness of Brodgar.
Archaeological work is planned to evaluate the site at Cata Sand, Sanday, Orkney, in the week commencing 29th February. Preliminary investigation will use a variety of techniques including survey, geophysics, surface collection, auger and test pits.
Two tiny beads from The Cairns Iron Age site, South Ronaldsay, Orkney.
Every now and then something turns up on an dig that just connects me with a living person from thousands of years ago. “The Cairns character” was unearthed a few years ago and for me, living in South Ronaldsay, it immediately made a connection.
Nut shells found during an archaeological dig in Skye were from the hunter gatherer period more than 8,000 years ago, tests have confirmed.
Research conducted by Andrea Boyar BA, postgraduate student at the UHI Archaeology Institute.
A new website has been set up by Sam Harris, who is undertaking PhD research into archaeomagnetic dating based on samples he has taken at the Ness of Brodgar.
This project looked at the roofing flagstones from the Ness of Brodgar.
Dr Ingrid Mainland (second author) has had a paper published, Calving Seasonality at Pool, Orkney during the first millennium AD : An investigation using intra tooth isotope ratio analysis of cattle molar enamel.
Archaeological discoveries are often made when least expected, and this is exactly what happened last Monday 7th December at Tresness, Sanday.
