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Work under way to develop an energy heritage strategy for Orkney

by Sigurd Towrie Thursday, June 1, 2023 (8:00am)Thursday, June 1, 2023 (1:52pm)
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Join us in Egilsay for a walk to the Onziebist chambered tomb

by Sigurd Towrie Monday, May 29, 2023 (11:03am)Monday, May 29, 2023 (11:04am)
Lichen

Seed funding for international knowledge exchange projects

by Sigurd Towrie Friday, May 26, 2023 (11:20am)Friday, May 26, 2023 (11:20am)

Interested in your local archaeology? We’ve got just the course for you

by Sigurd Towrie Wednesday, May 24, 2023 (10:20am)Sunday, May 28, 2023 (11:05am)

Art and archaeology talk and workshop in Westray

by Sigurd Towrie Monday, May 22, 2023 (10:30am)Monday, May 22, 2023 (10:31am)
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Excavation

Appeal to car park users ahead of trial trenching next week

A team from ORCA has been commissioned by Orkney Islands Council to open archaeological trial trenches in the car park in St Catherine’s Place, Kirkwall.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, May 19, 2023 (8:24am)Wednesday, May 17, 2023 (4:26pm)
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Bought and Sold Cover extract
Seminar

Video : ‘Scotland, Jamaica and slavery – a concise history’

The recording of the joint Orkney Heritage Society and UHI Archaeology Institute seminar featuring Kate Phillips, who discusses the unacknowledged black Scottish diaspora in Jamaica, our role in building racism and the unsung Scottish people who gave their lives to ending slavery.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, May 17, 2023 (3:33pm)Wednesday, May 17, 2023 (3:33pm)
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Research

Institute environmental archaeologist promoted to UHI Associate Professor

Dr Scott Timpany has been promoted to the role of Associate Professor in recognition of his contributions to research and teaching at the UHI Archaeology Institute.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, May 16, 2023 (10:05am)Tuesday, May 16, 2023 (10:10am)
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Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Visit the Orkney Museum to see some of the Ness of Brodgar’s finest finds

The Orkney Museum is playing host to some of the Ness of Brodgar’s finest artefacts this summer.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, May 16, 2023 (8:00am)Monday, May 15, 2023 (1:29pm)
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Chris Gee surveying Castle Bloody, Shapinsay. (Bobby Friel/@takethehighview)
Neolithic Research Tombs of the Isles

Provisional geophysics results from suspected Rousay, Shapinsay and Stronsay tomb sites

Thanks to funding from the North Isles Landscape Partnership (NILPS), a team from ORCA (UHI Archaeology Institute) undertook three geophysical surveys at three suspected Orkney Neolithic chambered cairn sites for the Tombs of the Isles project.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, May 11, 2023 (4:35pm)Thursday, May 11, 2023 (5:11pm)
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Research

Institute welcomes University of Oslo visitors to Orkney

The UHI Archaeology Institute played host to a group from the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, this morning.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, May 9, 2023 (4:22pm)Tuesday, May 9, 2023 (4:22pm)
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Picture: Antonia Thomas
Art & Archaeology Neolithic Outreach Tombs of the Isles

Explore Neolithic art at free workshops in Shapinsay, Sanday and Westray

Shapinsay and Sanday residents can look forward to a free talk and workshop exploring Neolithic rock art in Orkney later this month.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 8, 2023 (8:00am)Tuesday, May 9, 2023 (11:56am)
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Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Chambered cairn or not? Geophysics team survey Stronsay’s Cutter’s Tooer

Cutter’s Tooer – a suspected Neolithic chambered cairn – was geophysically surveyed by a team from ORCA this week.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, May 4, 2023 (9:43am)Thursday, May 4, 2023 (1:05pm)
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Borgsumburg.
Seminar Viking/Norse

Video – Viking Age fortresses on the North Frisian islands

The recording of April’s research seminar, featuring Dr Martin Segschneider on the Viking Age fortifications in Germany’s North Frisian Islands.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 1, 2023 (8:15am)Friday, April 28, 2023 (2:18pm)
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Postgraduate Student Stories

Students try their hand at walkover surveys during Wasdale walkabout

The parish of Firth, in Orkney’s West Mainland, was the destination for Friday’s student fieldtrip looking at the finer details of walkover surveys.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 28, 2023 (1:59pm)Friday, May 26, 2023 (12:22pm)
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Picture: Bobby Friel
Excavation Iron Age Swartigill

Give archaeology a go – volunteer opportunities at this summer’s Swartigill dig

Volunteer opportunities available at the Burn of Swartigill excavation, Caithness, in August and September.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, April 26, 2023 (10:58am)Friday, April 28, 2023 (2:01pm)
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The Looking in from the Edge exhibition in the German Martime Museum, Bremerhaven. (DSM/Annica Müllenberg)
LIFTE Research

LIFTE impact highlighted by research council

The impact of the Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE) research project is one of two highlighted by the AHRC funding body in their April newsletter.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, April 24, 2023 (12:43pm)Monday, April 24, 2023 (12:49pm)
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Howe of Hoxa, South Ronaldsay, Orkney.
Iron Age Postgraduate Student Stories

Survey module takes students to a sunny Howe of Hoxa

A group of postgraduate students have been in South Ronaldsay this week carrying out survey work around the Howe of Hoxa.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 21, 2023 (3:07pm)Friday, April 21, 2023 (3:07pm)
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March 2023: The entrances to the south-eastern side cells. (Dan Lee/ORCA)
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Tombs of the Isles – two more updates from Eday

Another two updates to our Tombs of the Isles database have gone live – Vinquoy and Braeside in Eday.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 21, 2023 (8:23am)Tuesday, April 18, 2023 (10:25am)
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Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Tombs of the Isles update – Eday church

We’re still in Eday for today’s Tombs of the Isles project update – this time looking at the Eday church stalled cairn.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, April 13, 2023 (9:35am)Wednesday, April 12, 2023 (9:38pm)
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The Knowe of Lingro, Rousay.
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Geophysics planned for three more Neolithic tombs in the North Isles

A geophysics team from ORCA are heading out to Orkney’s North Isles to investigate three potential Neolithic chambered tombs.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, April 12, 2023 (8:00am)Sunday, April 9, 2023 (11:39am)
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March 2023: The entrance to the lower chamber at Huntersquoy, Eday. (Dan Lee)
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Tombs of the Isles update – Huntersquoy, Eday

It’s back to Eday for today’s Tombs of the Isles project update. We begin with Huntersquoy, one of only two known two-storeyed Neolithic chambered cairns in Orkney.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 7, 2023 (12:47pm)Friday, April 7, 2023 (12:47pm)
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Lidar Scan
Research Seminar

Video: ‘Beyond Hillshade’ – LiDAR visualisation techniques in Orkney

The recording of March’s free research seminar, featuring Crane Begg, from the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology, who discussed his project to evaluate different visualisation techniques using LiDAR in Orkney.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, April 5, 2023 (9:00am)Wednesday, April 5, 2023 (10:49am)
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Postgraduate Student Stories Undergraduate

Easter fieldtrip 2023 – day three

The third, and final, day of our fieldtrip saw us depart Helmsdale early in the morning and head south.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, April 3, 2023 (11:04am)Monday, April 3, 2023 (11:04am)
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Lucille outlines her research into the Berriedale Braes Mesolithic discoveries.
Postgraduate Student Stories Undergraduate

Easter fieldtrip 2023 – day two

Day two of the 2023 Student Easter fieldtrip.

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, April 2, 2023 (6:48am)Sunday, April 2, 2023 (7:19am)
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2023 Excavation Dates

  • The Cairns, South Ronaldsay: June 12 – July 7.
  • Ness of Brodgar: July 5 – August 17.
  • Skaill Farm, Rousay: July 10 – July 28.
  • Swartigill, Caithness: August 14 – September 8.
Ness of Brodgar 2023 Exhibition
Tombs of the Isles Project

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Skaill, Rousay

Swartigill, Caithness

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Cuween Hill. Firth, Orkney. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
ORCA's Chris Gee carrying out geophysical surveys on the suspected chambered tomb at Castle Bloody, Shapinsay, Orkney. Preliminary results suggest the enigmatic structure could well be the remains of a Neolithic funerary monument. More details on our website. (📷 Bobby Friel/@takethehighview)
Cutter’s Tooer – a suspected Neolithic chambered cairn in Stronsay – was geophysically surveyed by a team from ORCA this week.
Postgraduate students, led by Martin Carruthers and Dan Lee, carrying out a walkover survey on a farmstead/enclosure beside the Loch of Wasdale, Firth, Orkney, on Friday morning. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

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