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Category: Outreach

Burgar Hill turbine (Dan Lee)
Orkney Energy Landcapes Outreach Research

Get involved in the relaunched Orkney Energy Landscapes project

A project exploring the past, present and future of energy production and its role in shaping the identity of islands communities has been relaunched and is looking for anyone interested in delving into Orkney’s energy heritage.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, June 10, 2021 (2:55pm)
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St Magnus Cathedral
Outreach Research St Magnus Graffiti Project

Video: Update on the St Magnus Cathedral graffiti community project

Dr Antonia Thomas, a lecturer and researcher at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute updated the Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) on the St Magnus Cathedral Graffiti Project last month, and the video is now available.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, June 3, 2021 (9:38am)Thursday, June 3, 2021 (12:03pm)
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Dark Enchanted Isle
Hoy Outreach

A valley of voices tell the ‘Tales o Hoy’ in new podcast series

The first of a new series of podcasts celebrating the heritage of the island of Hoy is available now, with new episodes to be released every Saturday from May, 8.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 30, 2021 (11:24am)Friday, April 30, 2021 (1:26pm)
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Hoy Outreach

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.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, January 12, 2021 (10:31am)Thursday, March 25, 2021 (4:01pm)
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Magnus 900 Outreach Research

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.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, November 16, 2020 (8:00am)Wednesday, March 10, 2021 (7:41pm)
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Archaeology Outreach

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.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, November 11, 2020 (9:00am)Wednesday, March 10, 2021 (7:43pm)
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Archaeology Outreach

Digging up the Past 2019 – Archaeology Workshops for Young People @ Ness of Brodgar

by seanlisle1Thursday, June 20, 2019 (9:38am)Monday, June 24, 2019 (10:21am)
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Outreach Research

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.

by seanlisle1Monday, June 17, 2019 (3:04pm)Tuesday, March 30, 2021 (4:44pm)
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Community Archaeology in Orkney: Building Recording Days in Kirkwall & Stromness
Kirkwall THI Outreach

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.

by seanlisle1Friday, May 17, 2019 (3:24pm)Tuesday, March 30, 2021 (4:46pm)
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Kirkwall THI Outreach

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.

by seanlisle1Friday, April 26, 2019 (8:22am)Thursday, April 1, 2021 (9:34am)
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Fieldwalking in Orkney.
Archaeology Fieldwalking Outreach

Fieldwalking season is upon us

The fields of Orkney are now ploughed and so that means the new fieldwalking season is upon us.

by seanlisle1Friday, March 29, 2019 (12:30pm)Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (2:16pm)
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Kirkwall THI ORCA Outreach

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.

by seanlisle1Friday, March 8, 2019 (4:25pm)Thursday, April 1, 2021 (9:26am)
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Fieldwalking near Maeshowe
Archaeology Fieldwalking Outreach

New landscape archaeology project to begin in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney

The Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) has secured grant funding from Historic Environment Scotland and the Orkney Archaeology Society for a new landscape project in Orkney.

by seanlisle1Tuesday, March 5, 2019 (10:58am)Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (2:20pm)
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St Magnus Cathedral
Outreach St Magnus Graffiti Project

St Magnus Cathedral graffiti project launched

Archaeologists from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute have teamed up with Orkney Archaeology Society for an exciting community archaeology project centred on the 870 year old St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney.

by seanlisle1Friday, January 18, 2019 (7:53am)Thursday, June 3, 2021 (9:33am)
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Archaeology Outreach

Blide Trust community archaeology project hailed a great success

Last Friday and Saturday, June 29 and 30, 2018, archaeologists from the University of the Highlands Archaeology Institute teamed up with members of the Blide Trust to learn more about the history of 54 Victoria Street, Kirkwall – the organisation’s 18th Century headquarters.

by seanlisle1Friday, July 6, 2018 (5:49am)Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (3:13pm)
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Outreach

Archaeology Plus – new art and archaeology project for Orkney’s Blide Trust

Orkney Blide Trust in partnership with Orkney College UHI and the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Archaeology Institute are embarking on a joint project to find out more about the history of 54 Victoria Street, Kirkwall, the 18th Century house where the Blide Trust is based.

by seanlisle1Wednesday, June 20, 2018 (12:14am)Tuesday, March 30, 2021 (4:50pm)
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Mapping Magnus Outreach

Magnus walk and talk in Egilsay

by Dan LeeFriday, October 27, 2017 (6:12am)Tuesday, March 30, 2021 (4:53pm)
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Stromness from the Sea
Marine archaeology Outreach

‘Listening to the Piers’ exhibition at Stromness Museum

The dynamic story of Stromness’ many piers, collected during the project through stories, drawings, photographs and artefacts, will be exhibited in the entrance porch of Stromness Museum from Saturday, November 4, to December 31, 2017.

by seanlisle1Tuesday, October 24, 2017 (5:54am)Tuesday, March 30, 2021 (4:38pm)
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