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.
Sigurd Towrie
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.
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.
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.
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.
Easter fieldtrip 2023 – day three
The third, and final, day of our fieldtrip saw us depart Helmsdale early in the morning and head south.
Easter fieldtrip 2023 – day two
Day two of the 2023 Student Easter fieldtrip.
Students’ Easter fieldtrip under way in Helmsdale
Students from the UHI Archaeology Institute made their way to Helmsdale, Sutherland, yesterday for this year’s Easter Fieldtrip.
Swartigill’s 2023 excavation dates set
A team from the UHI Archaeology Institute will be back at the Burn of Swartigill from August 14 until September 8.
Three Master’s courses enrolling for September 2023 start
Our three Master’s courses – MLitt in Archaeological Studies, MSc in Archaeological Practice and MA in Contemporary Art and Archaeology – are accepting students for a September 2023 start.
Step back in time with updated booklet on Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre
A revised and updated booklet outlining the archaeology and history of Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre is now available to download.
SIRFA Orkney research event comes to an end in Kirkwall
After two-and-a-half days of discussion and debate, the SIRFA research symposium drew to a close in Kirkwall this afternoon.
Hoy trip kicks off a weekend of SIRFA symposium events in Orkney
The island of Hoy was the destination for a group of SIRFA symposium participants on Friday, March 24.
‘Tombs of the Isles’ walk to Vinquoy chambered cairn
Our Tombs of the Isles project is back out in Eday next week, when Dan Lee will lead a walk to the Vinquoy chambered cairn.
Experts gathering in Orkney for this weekend’s SIRFA symposium
Experts from around the world are gathering in Orkney this weekend for the third, and final, Scotland’s Island Research Framework for Archaeology (SIRFA) symposium.
Postgrad students go fieldwalking in the shadow of Maeshowe
Postgraduate students were out fieldwalking in Orkney’s West Mainland last week – their focus a newly ploughed field to the north-east of Maeshow
Digging at Ness of Brodgar ending in 2024 with focus shifting to intensive post-excavation work
The final season of excavation at the Ness of Brodgar will take place in 2024, after which the remains of the 5,000-year-old Neolithic complex will be covered over and backfilled.
Video: history, archaeology and nationalism in Scandinavia
Our free online research seminar this month will look at the use archaeology and history in right-wing political parties in Scandinavia.
New project to document endangered heritage sites in Pacific islands
The UHI Archaeology Institute is one of the partners in a new research project to assess methods to document endangered cultural heritage sites in the Cook Islands and Niue.
‘Landscapes Revealed’ named book of the year at Current Archaeology awards
Landscapes Revealed: geophysical survey in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Area, 2002-2011 has been named Current Archaeology’s book of the year 2023.