Students’ Easter fieldtrip under way in Helmsdale
Students from the UHI Archaeology Institute made their way to Helmsdale, Sutherland, yesterday for this year’s Easter Fieldtrip.
Swartigill’s 2023 excavation dates set
A team from the UHI Archaeology Institute will be back at the Burn of Swartigill from August 14 until September 8.
Three Master’s courses enrolling for September 2023 start
Our three Master’s courses – MLitt in Archaeological Studies, MSc in Archaeological Practice and MA in Contemporary Art and Archaeology – are accepting students for a September 2023 start.
Step back in time with updated booklet on Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre
A revised and updated booklet outlining the archaeology and history of Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre is now available to download.
SIRFA Orkney research event comes to an end in Kirkwall
After two-and-a-half days of discussion and debate, the SIRFA research symposium drew to a close in Kirkwall this afternoon.
Hoy trip kicks off a weekend of SIRFA symposium events in Orkney
The island of Hoy was the destination for a group of SIRFA symposium participants on Friday, March 24.
‘Tombs of the Isles’ walk to Vinquoy chambered cairn
Our Tombs of the Isles project is back out in Eday next week, when Dan Lee will lead a walk to the Vinquoy chambered cairn.
Experts gathering in Orkney for this weekend’s SIRFA symposium
Experts from around the world are gathering in Orkney this weekend for the third, and final, Scotland’s Island Research Framework for Archaeology (SIRFA) symposium.
Postgrad students go fieldwalking in the shadow of Maeshowe
Postgraduate students were out fieldwalking in Orkney’s West Mainland last week – their focus a newly ploughed field to the north-east of Maeshow
Art and Archaeology masters degree accepting new students
We are now accepting students for our MA in Contemporary Art and Archaeology programme, which starts in September 2023.
Digging at Ness of Brodgar ending in 2024 with focus shifting to intensive post-excavation work
The final season of excavation at the Ness of Brodgar will take place in 2024, after which the remains of the 5,000-year-old Neolithic complex will be covered over and backfilled.
Video: history, archaeology and nationalism in Scandinavia
Our free online research seminar this month will look at the use archaeology and history in right-wing political parties in Scandinavia.
New project to document endangered heritage sites in Pacific islands
The UHI Archaeology Institute is one of the partners in a new research project to assess methods to document endangered cultural heritage sites in the Cook Islands and Niue.
‘Landscapes Revealed’ named book of the year at Current Archaeology awards
Landscapes Revealed: geophysical survey in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Area, 2002-2011 has been named Current Archaeology’s book of the year 2023.
Tombs of the Isles update – Fitty Hill, Westray
We’re in Westray for today’s Tombs of the Isles project update – in particular Fitty Hill, a probable Orkney-Cromarty style stalled cairn.
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.
Tombs of the Isles – Midhowe, Knowe of Yarso and Hermisgarth additions
Two more updates to our Tombs of the Isles project pages – the addition of an early report of the excavations at Midhowe and the Knowe of Yarso.
Link: Investigating the function and significance of multi-hollowed cobbles in the Orcadian Neolithic
In a new blog post for the Ness of Brodgar, UHI Archaeology Institute MRes student Gary Lloyd introduces his new research project looking into multi-hollowed cobbles in the Orcadian Neolithic.
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.
Trade routes revealed – experts examine late and post-medieval ceramics imported into Orkney
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.