Researchers at the UHI Archaeology Institute have a fast-growing reputation for their studies of the impacts of climate change and sustainability.
We Went To The Ness! – 2019
Exceptional things are still being found at the Ness of Brodgar
Revealing The Cairns – Part Two
“Beads!!!!! The Cairns excavation is showing just how much our Iron Age ancestors liked ornament, either for themselves, or their living space………”
The Knowes and Thens of Trotty
“The Knowes O’ Trotty is a great place, but not much notice is taken of it”
Holding Back The Waves At The Swandro Dig
” I’ve been thinking about the archaeological dig at Swandro, on the island of Rousay.”
A Personal Photo-Time-Line Of The Hall of Clestrain – Part One
” I thought I’d also go back to when Mike and I first visited the Hall of Clestrain, look through our photos, and put together a similar time-line of developments, there.”
Art In The Time Of Covid
” I was very pleased to hear that an art exhibition, hosted by local Arts Collective Móti is taking place in the windows of various shops and houses along Stromness High Street”
Visit to Orkney, June 2022
“For someone who’s built the first astronomically aligned stone circle in the British Isles for over 3000 years, my growing acquaintance with them has been a long-drawn-out process. “
‘Cup’ Marks – Past and Present
” thinking along the lines of how memories can change or be lost, and how stories, legends and mythologies can develop associated with what we see around us”
A Broch By Any Other Name?
“Brochs are an odd sort of thing. In some ways they make sense as what they’re seen as being, and in other ways they’re very odd structures – more to them than is necessary for what is seen as being their function. “