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Excavation Iron Age ORCA Swartigill

Crossing to Caithness for last dig of the season

Excavation resumes at Swartigill, Caithness, tomorrow – running until September 8.

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, August 13, 2023 (11:00am)Tuesday, September 5, 2023 (5:14pm)
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Excavation Skaill Farmstead

Skaill farm excavation – week three update

As the trenches at Skaill farm, in Rousay, are closed for another year, project co-director Dan Lee reflects on another successful season.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, August 12, 2023 (12:25pm)Monday, August 14, 2023 (5:58pm)
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Excavation Skaill Farmstead

Skaill farm excavation – week two update

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.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, July 25, 2023 (10:22pm)Tuesday, July 25, 2023 (10:22pm)
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Art & Archaeology Courses Postgraduate

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.

by seanlisle1Monday, July 24, 2023 (8:00am)Saturday, July 22, 2023 (9:44pm)
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(📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

UHI Students reveal more of the ‘Great Wall’ at Ness of Brodgar fieldschool

Our two-week fieldschool at the Ness of Brodgar came to an end yesterday, with the students achieving, admirably, what site director Nick Card tasked them to do – open a trench extension and expose another section of the “Great Wall of Brodgar”.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, July 22, 2023 (2:42pm)Tuesday, August 22, 2023 (10:13am)
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Art & Archaeology

Still time to sign up for ‘Ness to Ness’ art and archaeology workshop

Our Ness to Ness art and archaeology workshop returns in August for the first time since 2019 – and with the excavations at the Ness of Brodgar closing in 2024, this will be one of the last opportunities to experience it!

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, July 22, 2023 (11:03am)Saturday, July 22, 2023 (4:13pm)
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Excavation Skaill Farmstead

Head to Rousay this Saturday for 2023 open day at Skaill farm dig

The ongoing excavations at Skaill farm, Rousay, are hosting an open day this Saturday, July 22, 2023.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, July 20, 2023 (7:21am)Tuesday, August 22, 2023 (10:12am)
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Skaill Farm (Dan Lee)
Excavation Skaill Farmstead

Skaill farm excavation – week one update

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.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, July 17, 2023 (9:18pm)Monday, July 17, 2023 (9:48pm)
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Tombs of the Isles Project

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Our fourth Tombs of the Isles talk is now available on our website (link in bio). In 'Passage Grave Art in Orkney’s North Isles", Dr Antonia Thomas, looks specifically at the artwork found in Orkney’s Maeshowe-type chambered cairns - of which this is an example, the Pierowall Stone, Westray. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
The third in the Tombs of the Isles talks is now available on our website (link in bio) and features Dr Antonia Thomas (@art.archaeology.orkney) discussing art and architecture in Neolithic Orkney. (📷 Antonia Thomas)
For three days this week, a team from ORCA will be carrying out geophysical surveys around Contin Parish Church, Ross-shire, to investigate the potential for medieval and pre-medieval remains.
Our first fieldtrip of the semester took place yesterday, with a few of our new undergraduate students joined by some existing postgrads for an introduction to Orkney’s archaeology. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
The Hill o’ Many Stanes. Caithness. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
The Grey Cairns of Camster in #Caithness, #Scotland. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

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UHI Archaeology Institute, UHI Orkney, East Road, Kirkwall. KW15 1LX
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