Category: Mapping Magnus
Mapping Magnus – Manse Stane Walk 18th November

Magnus walk and talk in Egilsay

Mapping Magnus: summing up the Palace village excavations
The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute is celebrating the success of the Mapping Magnus community archaeology excavations in Palace Village, Birsay, Orkney.

Archaeologists for a day – schoolchildren help out at Mapping Magnus dig
Over the past couple of weeks, the University of the Highlands and Islands team at the Mapping Magnus excavation have involved local school children in the exciting excavations at Palace Village, Birsay, Orkney.

Mapping Magnus dig update
The team from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and local community volunteers are now beginning to bring the Mapping Magnus dig in Palace Village to a close.
Mapping Magnus Community Dig – end of week one.
Open Day at Mapping Magnus Dig

Mapping Magnus community excavation – Palace village, Birsay
A team from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute together with community volunteers will commence the excavation phase of the exciting community archaeology ‘Mapping Magnus’ project by digging test pits around the medieval site of the Bishops Palace.
Mapping Magnus September Update
Mapping Magnus Community Geophysics in Birsay

Birsay community archaeology coastal survey – 6-8 September 2017
Join a team of archaeologists, led by Dave Reay, from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, recording the eroding sites from Palace Village to Buckquoy on 6, 7 & 8th September 2017.