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.
Category: Skaill Farmstead
Skaill farm excavation – week three update
As the trenches at Skaill farm, in Rousay, are closed for another year, project co-director Dan Lee reflects on another successful season.
Skaill farm excavation – week two update
The end of our second week finished with a glorious day of sunshine and the site open day on Saturday, enjoyed by over 60 visitors from Rousay, Orkney and beyond.
Head to Rousay this Saturday for 2023 open day at Skaill farm dig
The ongoing excavations at Skaill farm, Rousay, are hosting an open day this Saturday, July 22, 2023.
Skaill farm excavation – week one update
The end of the first week at Skaill saw the trenches reopened and new excavations started, focusing on the range of buildings below the surviving 19th century farm – the earliest phases of which could be late medieval.
Back to Skaill farm for three-week excavation
A team from the UHI Archaeology Institute team is back at the multi-period settlement site at Skaill farm, Rousay, today for a three-week excavation.
Skaill excavation places available to Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre residents
If you live on the islands of Rousay, Egilsay or Wyre and would like to take part in this year’s excavation at Skaill farm get in touch.
Excavation at The Cairns gets this summer’s dig season under way
Our 2023 dig season kicks off today, with a full team returning to The Cairns Iron Age site.