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Category: Rousay

Picture: Bobby Friel
Outreach Rousay

A date for your diary – Rousay Archaeology Day this weekend

Head to Rousay on November 19, and join the archaeologists from the UHI Archaeology Institute for a day of activities and talks – including the launch of a new podcast.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, November 14, 2022 (8:35am)Monday, November 14, 2022 (9:55am)
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Rousay
Neolithic Rousay

Programme of geophysics resumes in Rousay, with talk on Friday evening

Programme of geophysics resumes in #Rousay, with talk on Friday evening. #Archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, September 20, 2022 (9:36am)Tuesday, September 20, 2022 (9:36am)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: aerial gallery

A selection of drone photographs of Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay, courtesy of Bobby Friel.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, July 17, 2021 (1:18pm)Monday, July 26, 2021 (8:17am)
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Bobby Friel/@takethehighview
Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Nine

Overhead views of the Skaill site, Rousay, on the penultimate day of the 2021 excavation.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, July 16, 2021 (7:06pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Eight

We are starting to wrap things up at Skaill and the Wirk.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, July 15, 2021 (6:52pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Viking/Norse

A day in Rousay…

Photographic gallery from Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, July 14, 2021 (8:53pm)Wednesday, July 14, 2021 (8:56pm)
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Dan Lee
Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

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.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, July 14, 2021 (7:55pm)Wednesday, July 14, 2021 (8:03pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Six

It’s the start if the second week at Skaill and The Wirk.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, July 12, 2021 (9:55pm)Monday, July 26, 2021 (8:14am)
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Picture: Bobby Friel
LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Rousay excavations from above

Drone footage from last week’s excavations at Skaill and the Wirk courtesy of Bobby Friel (@takethehighview).

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, July 12, 2021 (8:06pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

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.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, July 9, 2021 (8:18pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Four

Today’s excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, July 8, 2021 (11:06pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Three

Wednesday’s excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, July 8, 2021 (6:49am)Thursday, July 8, 2021 (7:57am)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

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.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, July 6, 2021 (9:22pm)Tuesday, July 6, 2021 (9:38pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead

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.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, July 5, 2021 (9:08pm)Tuesday, July 6, 2021 (9:45pm)
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Bobby Friel.
Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

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.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, July 2, 2021 (10:22am)Monday, July 5, 2021 (8:44pm)
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Aerial view of the Wirk, Rousay. (Bobby Friel)
Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Rousay 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.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, June 21, 2021 (8:00am)Sunday, June 20, 2021 (2:46pm)
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Climate Change Rousay Swandro

‘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.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, May 25, 2021 (1:56pm)
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Aerial view of the Wirk, Rousay. (Bobby Friel)
Rousay

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.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, December 2, 2020 (8:47am)Thursday, March 25, 2021 (7:20pm)
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Excavation Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

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.

by seanlisle1Tuesday, August 6, 2019 (11:00am)Saturday, March 13, 2021 (6:24pm)
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Excavation Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

UHI Archaeology Institute team return to Skaill Farm, Rousay

Next week, commencing July 8, 2019, a team from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute will return to dig at the fascinating Skaill Farmstead site on the Orkney island of Rousay.

by seanlisle1Thursday, July 4, 2019 (12:55pm)Thursday, March 25, 2021 (2:54pm)
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