Skaill farmstead excavation resumes in July
Excavation at the multi-period settlement site at Skaill, Rousay, resumes in July.
Category: Rousay
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: aerial gallery
A selection of drone photographs of Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay, courtesy of Bobby Friel.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Nine
Overhead views of the Skaill site, Rousay, on the penultimate day of the 2021 excavation.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Eight
We are starting to wrap things up at Skaill and the Wirk.
A day in Rousay…
Photographic gallery from Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Seven
The second week is proving really productive at Skaill as we get down into the lower horizons inside and outside the farm buildings.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Six
It’s the start if the second week at Skaill and The Wirk.
Rousay excavations from above
Drone footage from last week’s excavations at Skaill and the Wirk courtesy of Bobby Friel (@takethehighview).
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Five
At the end of the first week of the 2021 season, here is today’s excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Four
Today’s excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Three
Wednesday’s excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Two
Today’s Rousay excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day One
A team from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute arrived back in Rousay today to resume excavation at the Skaill farmstead and begin work at the Wirk. Here, Dan Lee updates us on today’s progress.
Archaeologists return to Rousay for Skaill excavation
A team from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute will be back in Rousay on Monday to resume excavation at the Skaill farmstead.
Orkney excavations highlighted in national campaign to celebrate Scotland’s world-class archaeology
Scotland is shining a spotlight on its world-class archaeology this summer with Scotland Digs 2021. Now in its third year, the campaign will bring together live updates and events for members of the public from June 21 to September 22.
‘Gateway to the Atlantic’ project outlined at international science coalition’s inaugural assembly
A presentation on the Orkney Gateway to the Atlantic project was delivered by Dr Ingrid Mainland, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, on Monday as part of the inaugural assembly of the BRIDGES UNESCO Sustainability Science Coalition.
Wall lines detected in survey of Rousay landmark
In September, Sarah-Jane Gibbon and Dan Lee, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, completed a geophysics survey of the Wirk, Rousay, Orkney.
Norse hall discovered in Rousay
A large Norse hall has been discovered during excavations at the Skaill farmstead, on the island of Rousay, Orkney. The hall probably dates to the 10th to 12th centuries AD and was discovered below more recent structures.