Meet the Skaill head at dig talk in Rousay community room
Folk in Rousay will get an update on the ongoing UHI Archaeology Institute excavation at Skaill farm next week, with a talk scheduled for Monday, February 9.
Category: Skaill Farm
Student’s carved head find included in Smithsonian magazine’s top discoveries of 2025
The carved stone head found by one of our undergraduate students in Rousay has made it on to the Smithsonian Magazine’s list of top discoveries of 2025.
Skaill farm – final week summary and updated info sheet
The 2025 dig at Skaill farm, Rousay, ended on July 25. Here project co-director Dan Lee provides a summary of the third and final week.
Dig diary – spectacular carved head found in week two at Skaill farm
An unexpected and spectacular find – a carved sandstone head.
Dig diary – ‘Memento mori’ fragment unearthed in week one at Skaill farm
A round-up of the first week of excavations at Skaill, Rousay, from Dan Lee.
Back in Rousay for three-week excavation at Skaill
Our second dig of the season gets under way today with archaeologists, students and volunteers from the UHI Archaeology Institute back at the multi-period settlement site at Skaill, Rousay.
‘Time Travel on Orkney’ – Radio 4 programme now on BBC Sounds
A BBC Radio Four radio programme looking at the history of Rousay is now available on BBC Sounds.
New dates for Skaill farm walk and talk in Rousay
After the scheduled walk and talk on the ongoing excavations at Skaill farm, Rousay, were hit by the weather, the dig team has set new dates.
Visiting with bones, time and place – Skaill Farm
A post from Skaill Farm artist in residence Anna Gardiner.
The rousing sounds of Skaill farm
The second article in a series of posts exploring sound at Skaill farm, Rousay – this one from MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduate Aileen Ogilvie.
Sound theory, sound practice – Skaill Farm
Exploring the nature of sound at Skaill farm, Rousay, with MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology student Lara Band.
Dig diary – week three at Skaill, Rousay
A summary of the third and final week of excavation at Skaill, Rousay.
Dig diary – week two at Skaill, Rousay
The second week at Skaill, Rousay, has flown by with some exciting new discoveries, a wall of sound and the open day. By extending the trench a wee bit, we now have a much better understanding of the site. Project co-director Dan Lee provides an update:
Head to Rousay on Saturday for Skaill dig open day
The 2024 open day for the Skaill excavations, in Rousay, takes place on Saturday, July 20, from 9.30am until 4.30pm. All welcome.
Dig diary – week one at Skaill, Rousay
An update on week one of the Skaill excavation, Rousay, from co-director Dan Lee.
LIFTE pottery research among 2023’s ‘most amazing’ Scottish discoveries
Research carried out by the LIFTE research project has been named one of Scotland’s five “most amazing archaeological discoveries of 2023”.
Exhibition on trade in early modern Orkney at Stromness Museum
An exhibition offering a glimpse into life and aspects of trade in Orkney from the late 15th to the early 18th century opens at the Stromness Museum on Saturday, November 25.
Skaill farm – a student’s experience of the excavation field school
Undergraduate student Sarah James reports on her experience over the two-week excavation field school at Skaill farm, Rousay.Â