Archaeology Festival: Orkney’s submerged landscapes
Associate Professor Scott Timpany is leading a walk to the Bay of Ireland, Stenness, on Thursday afternoon, September 10, as part of the Orkney Archaeology Festival.
Sarah Jane joins Tom for a blether about ‘Saints, sandstone and selkie songs’
Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon features in Tom Muir’s latest podcast, where they talk about the stories, songs, beliefs and archaeological remains that help us understand how Orkney became the place it is today.
Archaeology Festival: Emerging research at the institute
Some of our PhD students will give presentations on their ongoing research at an event at UHI Orkney on Thursday, September 10, as part of the second OAS Orkney Archaeology Festival.
Art and architecture at the Ness of Brodgar – a talk by Associate Professor Antonia Thomas
The recording of Associate Professor Antonia Thomas’ recent Orkney Archaeology Society talk.
A day among the monuments for new archaeology students
To mark the start of the academic year, 27 of our new undergraduate and postgraduate students – from all over the globe – experienced all the weather Orkney could throw at them today on a field trip to the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site.
ORCA involved in discovery of possible Viking-era church on Swona
Archaeologists from the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) have helped uncover what could be a 1,000-year-old Viking church on the island of Swona.
Pondering the future of Orcadian dialect at science festival event
Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon teams up with Dr Tom Rendall to ponder the future of Orcadian dialect in an Orkney Science Festival event in Kirkwall this afternoon, Thursday, September 3.
Focus on traditional Orkney food on opening day of 2026 science festival
The 2026 Orkney International Science Festival gets under way tomorrow, with an event in UHI Orkney looking at traditional food in the county.
Orkney Energy Trail website now live
A new website looking at Orkney’s role in changing energy supplies over the centuries has been launched.
Raggie talks Norn in latest Robwords language podcast
Dr Ragnhild Ljosland features in the latest Robwords podcast, looking at ‘What happened to Britain’s Viking language?’
Dig into the Ness as part of 2026 Orkney Science Festival
‘Ness Day’ is just one of many events on the horizon as part of the Orkney Science Festival and Orkney Archaeology Festival.
Ness plant remains project benefits from national RICHeS funding programme
A project to assess carbonised plant remains from the Ness of Brodgar is one of 43 to receive funding through the first Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) Access Fund.
Final week to apply for North Sea Heritage project’s funded PhDs
Eleven funded PhD projects are now available as part of the North Sea Heritage in Transitions (NHT), which launched last month.
Three-week excavation at South Ronaldsay’s Tomb of the Eagles begins Monday
An ORCA team will be carrying out excavations around the Tomb of the Eagles in South Ronaldsay from August 24-September 11.
Coast & Cairn exhibition in Stromness
An exhibition by Jemima Hall, part of her MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology final project, runs at the Clook Gallery, Stromness, from September 12 -16.
Dig diary – looking forward to the 2027 season at Spurness
The Spurness excavation in Sanday draws to a close but we’re looking forward to getting back next year.
Dig diary – an enigmatic stone artefact
Photographs of the stone artefact recovered from the wall of the Spurness Early Neolithic building.
Dig diary – a wealth of discoveries makes for a perfect day on site
Today’s update from Spurness, Sanday, by Professor Colin Richards.
Dig diary – drone views of Spurness building(s)
Today’s update from Spurness, Sanday, showing the scale of the monumental Early Neolithic building.
Dig diary – Monumental Neolithic discovery at Spurness
More divisional orthostats suggests Early Neolithic building was more monumental than first believed.