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Category: Viking/Norse

St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney.
Research St Magnus Way Viking/Norse

Sarah Jane heading to Bergen for medieval conference and lecture

UHI Archaeology Institute lecturer Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon is in Norway this week after being invited to attend a workshop hosted by the University of Bergen research group Medieval History – religion and everyday life.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, September 13, 2023 (8:00am)Tuesday, September 12, 2023 (12:40pm)
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Borgsumburg.
Seminar Viking/Norse

Video – Viking Age fortresses on the North Frisian islands

The recording of April’s research seminar, featuring Dr Martin Segschneider on the Viking Age fortifications in Germany’s North Frisian Islands.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 1, 2023 (8:15am)Friday, April 28, 2023 (2:18pm)
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Aerial view of the Wirk, Rousay. (Bobby Friel)
Excavation Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Link: Is the Wirk a castle? Evaluating previous excavations

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.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, February 21, 2023 (8:02am)Thursday, March 2, 2023 (12:08pm)
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Bobby Friel/@takethehighview
Excavation Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Dates set for this summer’s excavation at Skaill farm

Excavation of the multi-period settlement site at Skaill, Rousay, resumes on July 10, running until July 28.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, February 13, 2023 (7:37am)Thursday, February 9, 2023 (10:38am)
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Publications Viking/Norse Zooarchaeology

New book to bring Viking studies into 21st century

Professor Ingrid Mainland is one of the authors in a major new publication on Viking and Norse Age Scotland.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, December 15, 2022 (12:19pm)Thursday, December 15, 2022 (12:20pm)
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St Magnus Cathedral
Research Viking/Norse

Earl Rognvald in the spotlight

Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon and UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Jenny Murray will be among the speakers at the St Magnus Symposium in Orkney on Friday.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, August 31, 2022 (8:00am)Wednesday, August 31, 2022 (9:20am)
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Viking/Norse Zooarchaeology

Norse feasting on the menu at 2022 Orkney International Science Festival

Professor Ingrid Mainland, of the UHI Archaeology Institute, will be joined by Dr Colleen Batey next week for a talk on feasting in Norse Orkney.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, August 26, 2022 (8:30am)Wednesday, August 24, 2022 (7:16pm)
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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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