More from the Shetland field trip…
The UHI Archaeology Institute field trip to Shetland ended on Friday after three days exploring the islands’ historical sites.
Category: Shetland
Exploring Shetland’s archaeological delights on students’ Easter field trip
A group from the UHI Archaeology Institute headed north to Shetland for this year’s annual student field trip.
Explore Shetland’s Scarpigarth croft remains with new 3d models
A trio of 3d models of 19th century Weisdale crofts created as part of an ORCA project commissioned by SSEN.
Join Rick for a talk on the archaeology of Shetland’s Weisdale valley
The archaeology of Shetland’s Weisdale valley is the subject of a talk by ORCA’s Rick Barton in Lerwick on March 13.
Bone comb fragment unearthed in Lerwick test pit
Monday’s star find of the ongoing Lerwick Garden Dig was a bone comb fragment, found in the Bank Lane area of the town.
Garden dig turning up interesting finds in Lerwick
Our “Lerwick Garden Dig” is off to a great start in Shetland over the weekend with some interesting finds, going back to the 17th century.
‘Lerwick Garden Dig’ gets under way in Shetland
A team from the Archaeology Institute UHI are in Shetland today as part of Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE) – an international project examining the Northern Isles’ place in European trade networks of the 15th to 18th centuries.
Test pitting in Shetland in search of evidence of European trade
Dan Lee, from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, reports on the LIFTE excavations looking at the Northern Isles place in the European trade networks of the 15th to 18th centuries.