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Category: Viking/Norse

Maeshowe interior. (Jim Richardson)
Seminar Viking/Norse

Video: ‘A great show-off’ – carving as an expression of self in the runic inscriptions of Maeshowe

Maeshowe’s runes featured in April’s UHI Archaeology Institute online seminar, which saw Dr Karen Langsholt Holmqvist present her research on medieval runic graffiti.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, April 30, 2022 (11:20am)Thursday, May 5, 2022 (1:04pm)
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Viking/Norse

Runes on the radio – historian investigates ‘The Ancient Algorithm’

Dr Ragnhild Ljosland is one of the guests on a BBC Radio 3 broadcast focusing on runes on Sunday evening.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, April 21, 2022 (1:00pm)Monday, May 2, 2022 (11:04am)
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Bobby Friel/@takethehighview
Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill farmstead excavation resumes in July

Excavation at the multi-period settlement site at Skaill, Rousay, resumes in July.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, March 9, 2022 (7:00am)Monday, May 2, 2022 (11:05am)
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Brough of Birsay.
Outreach Viking/Norse

Orkney Viking Week is back and on the horizon…

Orkney Viking week is set to go ahead from September 9-19, with both face-to-face and online activities on the programme.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, August 24, 2021 (10:16am)Friday, August 27, 2021 (12:04pm)
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Historiska Museet, Sweden
Seminar Viking/Norse

‘Women and men of the Viking Age’ – inaugural professorial lecture from Professor Alexandra Sanmark

Women and men of the Viking Age is the subject of Professor Alexandra Sanmark’s inaugural professorial lecture next month.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, August 23, 2021 (7:30am)Monday, August 23, 2021 (7:38am)
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Orphir shore, Orkney. (Sigurd Towrie)
Seminar Viking/Norse

‘Orphir: A Norse Economic Hub’ – free online seminar begins Scottish Society for Northern Studies’ new series

A talk on Norse period Orphir kicks off the Scottish Society for Northern Studies new season of online seminars next week.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, August 19, 2021 (11:28am)Thursday, August 26, 2021 (8:24pm)
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News Viking/Norse

Post-excavation funding will see work begin on Orkney Viking burials

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has agreed to fund post-excavation analysis on two Viking graves from the Orkney island of Papa Westray.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, July 22, 2021 (10:34pm)Thursday, July 22, 2021 (10:34pm)
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Bobby Friel/@takethehighview
Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Nine

Overhead views of the Skaill site, Rousay, on the penultimate day of the 2021 excavation.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, July 16, 2021 (7:06pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Eight

We are starting to wrap things up at Skaill and the Wirk.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, July 15, 2021 (6:52pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Viking/Norse

A day in Rousay…

Photographic gallery from Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, July 14, 2021 (8:53pm)Wednesday, July 14, 2021 (8:56pm)
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Dan Lee
Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Seven

The second week is proving really productive at Skaill as we get down into the lower horizons inside and outside the farm buildings.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, July 14, 2021 (7:55pm)Wednesday, July 14, 2021 (8:03pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Six

It’s the start if the second week at Skaill and The Wirk.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, July 12, 2021 (9:55pm)Monday, July 26, 2021 (8:14am)
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LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Rousay excavations from above

Drone footage from last week’s excavations at Skaill and the Wirk courtesy of Bobby Friel (@takethehighview).

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, July 12, 2021 (8:06pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Five

At the end of the first week of the 2021 season, here is today’s excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, July 9, 2021 (8:18pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Four

Today’s excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, July 8, 2021 (11:06pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Three

Wednesday’s excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, July 8, 2021 (6:49am)Thursday, July 8, 2021 (7:57am)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Two

Today’s Rousay excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, July 6, 2021 (9:22pm)Tuesday, July 6, 2021 (9:38pm)
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Bobby Friel.
Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Archaeologists return to Rousay for Skaill excavation

A team from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute will be back in Rousay on Monday to resume excavation at the Skaill farmstead.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, July 2, 2021 (10:22am)Monday, July 5, 2021 (8:44pm)
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