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Excavation Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

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.

by seanlisle1Thursday, July 19, 2018 (12:22am)Monday, March 15, 2021 (11:25am)
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Excavation Rousay Skaill Farmstead

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.

by seanlisle1Friday, July 6, 2018 (5:16am)Monday, March 15, 2021 (11:45am)
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Excavation Outreach Rousay Skaill Farmstead

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.

by seanlisle1Tuesday, August 15, 2017 (11:09pm)Monday, March 15, 2021 (11:52am)
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Outreach Skaill Farmstead

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.

by seanlisle1Tuesday, June 20, 2017 (4:17am)Monday, March 15, 2021 (11:58am)
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Rousay Skaill Farmstead

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.

by seanlisle1Thursday, June 8, 2017 (6:39am)Monday, March 15, 2021 (12:04pm)
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Outreach Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

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 – Exploring Island Heritage, Past and Present, in Rousay, Orkney.

by seanlisle1Thursday, May 18, 2017 (6:45am)Thursday, April 22, 2021 (3:50pm)
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Archaeology Swandro

Coastal Erosion and Heritage in Orkney- New Trust Launched

by seanlisle1Tuesday, January 10, 2017 (3:12am)Monday, May 6, 2019 (2:29pm)
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Excavation Rousay Skaill Farmstead

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.

by seanlisle1Wednesday, July 13, 2016 (11:26am)Tuesday, August 24, 2021 (9:29am)
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Archaeology Skaill Farmstead Swandro

Rousay Dig Update

by seanlisle1Wednesday, July 6, 2016 (11:57am)Monday, May 6, 2019 (2:51pm)
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Excavation Outreach Rousay Skaill Farmstead Swandro

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.

by Dan LeeFriday, July 1, 2016 (2:11pm)Tuesday, August 24, 2021 (9:37am)
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Archaeology Conference Orkney

Archaeology On Rousay

by seanlisle1Friday, March 25, 2016 (2:28pm)Monday, May 6, 2019 (3:06pm)
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