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Category: Neolithic

Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Join us in Egilsay for a walk to the Onziebist chambered tomb

We’re in Egilsay on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, for a talk and walk focusing on Orkney’s Neolithic chambered tombs.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 29, 2023 (11:03am)Monday, May 29, 2023 (11:04am)
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Art & Archaeology Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Art and archaeology talk and workshop in Westray

Join Antonia and Chris for a free talk/workshop on Tuesday May 23, and Wednesday, May 24, 2023.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 22, 2023 (10:30am)Monday, May 22, 2023 (10:31am)
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Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Visit the Orkney Museum to see some of the Ness of Brodgar’s finest finds

The Orkney Museum is playing host to some of the Ness of Brodgar’s finest artefacts this summer.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, May 16, 2023 (8:00am)Monday, May 15, 2023 (1:29pm)
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Chris Gee surveying Castle Bloody, Shapinsay. (Bobby Friel/@takethehighview)
Neolithic Research Tombs of the Isles

Provisional geophysics results from suspected Rousay, Shapinsay and Stronsay tomb sites

Thanks to funding from the North Isles Landscape Partnership (NILPS), a team from ORCA (UHI Archaeology Institute) undertook three geophysical surveys at three suspected Orkney Neolithic chambered cairn sites for the Tombs of the Isles project.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, May 11, 2023 (4:35pm)Thursday, May 11, 2023 (5:11pm)
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Picture: Antonia Thomas
Art & Archaeology Neolithic Outreach Tombs of the Isles

Explore Neolithic art at free workshops in Shapinsay, Sanday and Westray

Shapinsay and Sanday residents can look forward to a free talk and workshop exploring Neolithic rock art in Orkney later this month.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 8, 2023 (8:00am)Tuesday, May 9, 2023 (11:56am)
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Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Chambered cairn or not? Geophysics team survey Stronsay’s Cutter’s Tooer

Cutter’s Tooer – a suspected Neolithic chambered cairn – was geophysically surveyed by a team from ORCA this week.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, May 4, 2023 (9:43am)Thursday, May 4, 2023 (1:05pm)
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March 2023: The entrances to the south-eastern side cells. (Dan Lee/ORCA)
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

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.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 21, 2023 (8:23am)Tuesday, April 18, 2023 (10:25am)
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Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

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.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, April 13, 2023 (9:35am)Wednesday, April 12, 2023 (9:38pm)
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The Knowe of Lingro, Rousay.
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

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.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, April 12, 2023 (8:00am)Sunday, April 9, 2023 (11:39am)
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March 2023: The entrance to the lower chamber at Huntersquoy, Eday. (Dan Lee)
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

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.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 7, 2023 (12:47pm)Friday, April 7, 2023 (12:47pm)
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Vinquoy, Eday
Neolithic Outreach Tombs of the Isles

‘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.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, March 24, 2023 (8:54am)Wednesday, March 22, 2023 (11:03am)
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Hugo Anderson-Whymark
Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Post-excavation

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.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, March 6, 2023 (11:00am)Monday, March 6, 2023 (11:04am)
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Feb 2023: Fitty Hill cairn site. (Andy Penn)
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Tombs of the Isles update – Fitty Hill, Westray

We’re in Westray for today’s Tombs of the Isles project update – in particular Fitty Hill, a probable Orkney-Cromarty style stalled cairn.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, February 24, 2023 (7:55am)Wednesday, February 22, 2023 (9:59am)
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Midhowe stalls, Rousay.
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Tombs of the Isles – Midhowe, Knowe of Yarso and Hermisgarth additions

Two more updates to our Tombs of the Isles project pages – the addition of an early report of the excavations at Midhowe and the Knowe of Yarso.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, February 17, 2023 (7:32am)Tuesday, February 14, 2023 (12:54pm)
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Visitors at Ness of Brodgar (Jim Richardson)
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Post-excavation Postgraduate Research

Link: Investigating the function and significance of multi-hollowed cobbles in the Orcadian Neolithic

In a new blog post for the Ness of Brodgar, UHI Archaeology Institute MRes student Gary Lloyd introduces his new research project looking into multi-hollowed cobbles in the Orcadian Neolithic.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, February 13, 2023 (1:07pm)Monday, February 13, 2023 (1:12pm)
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Geophysical survey under way at Whale Point, Sanday. (ORCA)
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Geophysics casts doubt on two Neolithic tomb candidates in Sanday

Geophysical surveys of two possible Neolithic chambered cairns in Sanday were among the Tombs of the Isles project activities that took place at the end of 2022.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, February 9, 2023 (8:02am)Tuesday, February 14, 2023 (10:00am)
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Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Tombs of the Isles – Taversoe Tuick and Blackhammer updated

Work on our Tombs of the Isles project is ongoing, as we gather more information on the sites of definite and suspected chambered cairns in Orkney’s North Isles.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, February 6, 2023 (11:56am)Monday, February 6, 2023 (12:48pm)
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Maeshowe interior. (Jim Richardson)
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Links: ‘Orkney – Centre of the Stone Age’ and ‘The Art of Neolithic Orkney’ podcasts

A new podcast from History Hit, looking at Orkney’s Neolithic remains, including Maeshowe, the Ring of Brodgar, Skara Brae and a section on the Ness of Brodgar, featuring Nick Card and Roy Towers.

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, January 15, 2023 (11:02am)Monday, January 16, 2023 (1:40pm)
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Trench P at the Ness of Brodgar. (Hugo Anderson Whymark)
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Link: The Ness of Brodgar – marking 20 years of Neolithic discoveries

In the summer of 2022, Current Archaeology‘s Carly Hilts visited the Ness of Brodgar excavation to see progress on the site and hear the latest thinking on the Neolithic complex.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, January 3, 2023 (4:10pm)Tuesday, January 3, 2023 (4:10pm)
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Maeshowe interior. (Jim Richardson)
Neolithic

Video: Marking the winter solstice at Maeshowe chambered cairn

Today, Wednesday, December 21, we celebrate the winter solstice – a day intextricably linked to the Maeshowe in Stenness.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, December 21, 2022 (8:00am)Wednesday, December 21, 2022 (7:18am)
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