Only days let to vote for the Ness in 2024 Current Archaeology Awards
The Ness of Brodgar excavation is in the running for two titles in the national 2024 Current Archaeology Awards.
The Ness of Brodgar excavation is in the running for two titles in the national 2024 Current Archaeology Awards.
The 2024 dates for the three UHI Archaeology Institute excavations have been confirmed.
The recording of the Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) talk on the rediscovery and excavation of a Maeshowe-type chambered cairn in Holm.
After the original was lost, we’ve collected all the material from the 2008 Ring of Brodgar excavation dig diary, expanded on it, and made it available online again.
In August and September, excavation in the East Mainland parish of Holm revealed the remains of a Maeshowe-type chambered cairn.
The excavation team at the Iron Age site at Swartigill, in Caithness, are back on site after their four-day long-weekend break.
Undergraduate student Sarah James reports on her experience over the two-week excavation field school at Skaill farm, Rousay.
Excavation resumes at Swartigill, Caithness, tomorrow – running until September 8.
As the trenches at Skaill farm, in Rousay, are closed for another year, project co-director Dan Lee reflects on another successful season.
The end of our second week finished with a glorious day of sunshine and the site open day on Saturday, enjoyed by over 60 visitors from Rousay, Orkney and beyond.
Our two-week fieldschool at the Ness of Brodgar came to an end yesterday, with the students achieving, admirably, what site director Nick Card tasked them to do – open a trench extension and expose another section of the “Great Wall of Brodgar”.
The ongoing excavations at Skaill farm, Rousay, are hosting an open day this Saturday, July 22, 2023.
The end of the first week at Skaill saw the trenches reopened and new excavations started, focusing on the range of buildings below the surviving 19th century farm – the earliest phases of which could be late medieval.
Dig director sums up a successful 2023 excavation season
A team from the UHI Archaeology Institute team is back at the multi-period settlement site at Skaill farm, Rousay, today for a three-week excavation.
Work under way to re-cover the archaeology
Wrapping up on the final day of digging.
Red deer remains confirmed outside the broch.