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”.
Research carried out by the LIFTE research project has been named one of Scotland’s five “most amazing archaeological discoveries of 2023”.
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.
Undergraduate student Sarah James reports on her experience over the two-week excavation field school at Skaill farm, Rousay.
As the trenches at Skaill farm, in Rousay, are closed for another year, project co-director Dan Lee reflects on another successful season.
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.
The ongoing excavations at Skaill farm, Rousay, are hosting an open day this Saturday, July 22, 2023.
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.
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.
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.
Our 2023 dig season kicks off today, with a full team returning to The Cairns Iron Age site.
A new blog post for the Castle Studies Trust, by Dan Lee and Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon, on the 2021 excavation at the Wirk, Rousay.
Excavation of the multi-period settlement site at Skaill, Rousay, resumes on July 10, running until July 28.
As part of the LIFTE research project, an international group of ceramics specialists gathered in Orkney this week to examine the entire assemblage of imported late medieval and early post medieval pottery from Orkney.
The ongoing excavations at Skaill farm, Rousay, are hosting an open day this Saturday, July 16.
A new post from Orkney.com showcasing the two archaeological projects under way in Rousay at present – the Knowe of Swandro and our excavation at Skaill farm.
UHI Archaeology Institute research excavations at the Ness of Brodgar, Stenness, Orkney and at Skaill farm, Rousay, resume today, Monday, July 4.
A selection of drone photographs of Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay, courtesy of Bobby Friel.
Overhead views of the Skaill site, Rousay, on the penultimate day of the 2021 excavation.