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Category: Excavation

Swartigill site looking West
Excavation Iron Age Swartigill

Archaeologists back at Swartigill Iron Age site next week

The UHI Archaeology Institute begins its sixth season of excavation at the Burn of Swartigill on Monday, August 15.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, August 13, 2022 (11:04am)Saturday, August 13, 2022 (11:04am)
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Excavation Research

New project to investigate crannogs in Orkney launched

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, August 5, 2022 (8:08pm)Saturday, August 13, 2022 (11:05am)
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Picture: Bobby Friel
Excavation Skaill Farmstead

Head to Rousay on Saturday for Skaill excavation open day – all welcome!

The ongoing excavations at Skaill farm, Rousay, are hosting an open day this Saturday, July 16.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, July 13, 2022 (9:26pm)Saturday, July 16, 2022 (7:22pm)
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Bobby Friel/@takethehighview
Excavation Skaill Farmstead Swandro

Link: Archaeologists in action

A new post from Orkney.com showcasing the two archaeological projects under way in Rousay at present – the Knowe of Swandro and our excavation at Skaill farm.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, July 12, 2022 (8:32pm)Tuesday, July 12, 2022 (8:35pm)
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Excavation Iron Age Swartigill

A look at the Burn of Swartigill dig

With the 2022 season at Swartigill, Caithness, due to start next month, here are two videos from the excavation director Rick Barton to whet your appetite.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, July 6, 2022 (6:58pm)Wednesday, July 6, 2022 (6:59pm)
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Ness of Brodgar and Skaill
Excavation Ness of Brodgar Skaill Farmstead

Excavations at Skaill farm and Ness of Brodgar resume today

UHI Archaeology Institute research excavations at the Ness of Brodgar, Stenness, Orkney and at Skaill farm, Rousay, resume today, Monday, July 4.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, July 4, 2022 (6:30am)Sunday, July 3, 2022 (9:18pm)
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Aerial view of The Cairns, South Ronaldsay. (Bobby Friel)
Excavation Iron Age The Cairns

Catch up with The Cairns – tours of excavation site on offer next week

We had to significantly reduce the scale of excavation at The Cairns this year but before the covers go back on we’re inviting the public to come along for a tour and an update on the work undertaken this year.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, July 1, 2022 (7:00am)Wednesday, June 29, 2022 (1:18pm)
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Visitors at Ness of Brodgar
Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Summer exhibition to focus on the people of the Ness of Brodgar

Running alongside this year’s excavation at the Ness of Brodgar is an exhibition of artefacts from the site in the Maeshowe visitor centre, Stenness.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, June 20, 2022 (12:28pm)Monday, June 20, 2022 (12:48pm)
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Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Ness of Brodgar pre-excavation talk in Orkney Theatre this week

Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) is hosting a pre-dig talk by Ness of Brodgar director Nick Card on Thursday, June 16.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, June 13, 2022 (8:32am)Monday, June 13, 2022 (8:32am)
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Cairns interior
Excavation The Cairns

Excavation at The Cairns cancelled

We’re sorry to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances this summer’s excavation at The Cairns has been cancelled.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, June 10, 2022 (4:53pm)Friday, June 10, 2022 (4:53pm)
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Excavation

Link: The welcome return of Orkney’s excavation season

After two years of disruption due to the pandemic, we’re delighted to be getting back out on site this summer.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, June 6, 2022 (9:49am)Friday, June 10, 2022 (5:01pm)
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Swandro Roundhouse
Excavation Swandro

Excavation at multi-period Swandro site resumes this month

After a pandemic-induced hiatus, archaeologists will be back at the Knowe of Swandro, in Rousay, later this month to continue excavating a site with activity running from the Neolithic through to the Norse period.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, June 1, 2022 (8:00am)Tuesday, May 31, 2022 (9:24am)
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The Cairns Broch
Excavation Iron Age The Cairns

‘People of the Broch’ – OAS talk by Cairns dig director

The recording of Martin Carruthers’s talk – People of the Broch: Excavating an Iron Age Community at The Cairns – to the Orkney Archaeology Society on Thursday, May 26.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 23, 2022 (8:00am)Monday, May 30, 2022 (5:18pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Shetland

Bone comb fragment unearthed in Lerwick test pit

Monday’s star find of the ongoing Lerwick Garden Dig was a bone comb fragment, found in the Bank Lane area of the town.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, May 3, 2022 (9:53am)Thursday, May 5, 2022 (1:04pm)
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Lerwick Garden Dig (Dan Lee)
Excavation LIFTE Shetland

Garden dig turning up interesting finds in Lerwick

Our “Lerwick Garden Dig” is off to a great start in Shetland over the weekend with some interesting finds, going back to the 17th century.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 2, 2022 (9:48am)Thursday, May 5, 2022 (1:04pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Shetland

‘Lerwick Garden Dig’ gets under way in Shetland

A team from the Archaeology Institute UHI are in Shetland today as part of Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE) – an international project examining the Northern Isles’ place in European trade networks of the 15th to 18th centuries.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 29, 2022 (8:00am)Tuesday, May 3, 2022 (9:42am)
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