2023 ‘Brochtoberfest’ talks are now available online
The recordings of the 2023 Brochtoberfest talk are now available online.
The recordings of the 2023 Brochtoberfest talk are now available online.
The excavation team at the Iron Age site at Swartigill, in Caithness, are back on site after their four-day long-weekend break.
Norwegian postgraduate student Maria Winther SĆørensen has joined the ORCA team this week for a two-month internship.
Excavation resumes at Swartigill, Caithness, tomorrow – running until September 8.
Our 2023 dig season kicks off today, with a full team returning to The Cairns Iron Age site.
Volunteer opportunities available at the Burn of Swartigill excavation, Caithness, in August and September.
A team from the UHI Archaeology Institute will be back at the Burn of Swartigill from August 14 until September 8.
A flash back to the tail end of the summer and the excavation of the Iron Age site at Swartigill, Caithness.
The excavation of the Swartigill Iron Age settlement has reached the end of its second week, and we have had some exciting finds and made a lot of progress.
The star find at the ongoing Swartigill excavation yesterday must be this little flash of colour and decoration straight from the Iron Age! It is a half fragment of a beautifully decorated glass
At the end of our first week of excavation at the Swartigill Iron Age settlement, we are already starting to see some intriguing features within the structures, and tantalising traces of things to come.
The UHI Archaeology Institute begins its sixth season of excavation at the Burn of Swartigill on Monday, August 15.
With the 2022 season at Swartigill, Caithness, due to start next month, here are two videos from the excavation director Rick Barton to whet your appetite.
Recent post-excavation work, processing soil samples excavated from Swartigill, has revealed several beautiful and tiny pieces of Iron Age jewellery. Not one, not two, but three blue glass beads!
With winter upon us, the focus of the Swartigill project has turned towards post-excavation. This is a good opportunity for a recap of what we know about the site as it stands.
The ongoing excavation at the Burn of Swartigill is the subject of a Highland Archaeology Festival online talk on Monday, October 4.
Friday greeted us with a misty morning, a fresh foresty smell in the air and the purple heather flowers glimmering with dew as we made our way to the site.