Creating ‘a valley of voices’ with Hoy Heritage Centre
The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute is part of a new Orkney community project to produce a series of podcasts celebrating the heritage of the island of Hoy.
Category: Outreach
The research behind the St Magnus Way pilgrimage route
Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon, a researcher and lecturer at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, features in a new video outlining the St Magnus Way pilgrimage route project in Orkney.
Archaeology Institute projects highlighted in Orkney community heritage initiative
Projects run by the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute across Orkney are highlighted in a new initiative focusing on the value of community heritage in the islands.
Digging up the Past 2019 – Archaeology Workshops for Young People @ Ness of Brodgar
New laser scanning collaboration in Orkney
The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and ORCA Archaeology teamed up with Robert Gordon University to begin a series of collaborative projects using advanced digital technology to record heritage across Orkney.
Community archaeology in Orkney: building recording days in Kirkwall and Stromness
ORCA Archaeology, University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, Historic Environment Scotland and the Scotland’s Urban Past team have organised five Building Recording Days in historic Kirkwall and Stromness.
Community archaeology in Orkney : Kirkwall in the archives
A team from ORCA and the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute is holding a Historical Urban Archive Research Day at the Orkney Library Archive on Saturday 4th May 2019, 10am – 3pm.
ORCA secure funding for research project centred on medieval cemetery in Orkney
ORCA has been awarded a grant of £202,000 by Historic Environment Scotland to complete an important archaeology research project centred on Newark Bay, Deerness, Orkney.
Fieldwalking season is upon us
The fields of Orkney are now ploughed and so that means the new fieldwalking season is upon us.
Recording the built heritage of Kirkwall, Orkney
Training and supporting volunteers to record the built heritage of Kirkwall and adding the results to the national record online.