Dig diary – ‘Memento mori’ fragment unearthed in week one at Skaill farm
A round-up of the first week of excavations at Skaill, Rousay, from Dan Lee.
Tag: rousay
Fieldtrip focuses on the heritage and archaeology of Rousay
Our student fieldtrips continued last week with a visit to view archaeological and heritage sites in Rousay.
Skaill Farm, Rousay – 2019 open day
The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute invites you to be an archaeologist for a day. Join the team uncovering the story of this exciting site at our Open Day at Skaill Farm on the island of Rousay, Orkney.
Skaill dig, Rousay to start July 9, 2018 – visitors welcome
The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute have been working at Skaill since 2015 exploring the Viking, Norse and post-medieval archaeology on the Westness Estate, Rousay, and this year the dig recommences on Monday, July 9.
A summer of archaeology in Rousay
Dan Lee, Dr Ingrid Mainland, Dr Jen Harland and Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, together with a team of local volunteers and schoolchildren, embarked on a programme of archaeology in Rousay, Orkney over the summer 2017.
Project update: Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre, Land and Sea
Work at Skaill farmstead, Westness, Rousay, got under way last week with some building survey, walkover survey and a workshop with the Rousay Community School.
Community archaeology and open day in Rousay
The first phase of the community archaeology project – Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre Land and Sea: Exploring Island Heritage, Past and Present – runs from June 13-16, 2017.
New project on Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre awarded funding
Rousay Heritage Trust has received a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Stories, Stones and Bones grant for the Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre Land and Sea ā Exploring Island Heritage, Past and Present, in Rousay, Orkney.
Coastal erosion and heritage in Orkney – new trust launched
Finding the Vikings – Skaill dig update
The international dig in Rousay is now beginning to uncover finds. Test pits have been opened around the 18th Century farmstead at Skaill to investigate the underlying Viking farm.
Rousay Dig Update
Rousay excavations at Swandro and Skaill starting this week!
Two Excavations along the Westness shore start this week: at the coastally eroding site at Swandro and Viking Farmstead at Skaill, Westness, Rousay, start next week. Combined, these aim to investigate the deep history of this fascinating stretch of coast.