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Landscapes Revealed – second volume of UHI Archaeology Institute research series out now

A substantial Neolithic settlement at the north-western end of the Ness of Brodgar is one of hundreds of new archaeological sites outlined in a new book from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute.

By Sigurd TowrieSaturday, October 3, 2020 (7:35am)Monday, November 28, 2022 (10:47am)
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Postgraduate Research Viking/Norse

Runes in Orkney – a millennium of writing

We invited Andrea Freund PhD student currently studying at the University of the Highlands and Islands to write a guest blog on her research and exhibition into Viking runes.

By seanlisle1Tuesday, March 12, 2019 (11:51am)Thursday, April 1, 2021 (9:47am)
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Excavation Outreach Rousay Skaill Farm

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