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.
Category: Neolithic
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.