“It’s a strange, strange place.”
The Enigma of the Hill O’ Many Stanes
There’s Runes….And There’s Runes
The next – FREE – on-line seminar, entitled ‘A great show-off: Carving as an expression of self in the runic inscriptions of Maeshowe’ will be on Friday April the 29th, when Dr Karen Langsholt Holmqvist will present her research on medieval runic graffiti.
An Update On – And Past Glories Of – The Swandro Dig!
“A STONE WITH A PICTISH BLACKSMITH’S HANDPRINTS ON IT!”
Massive Neolithic Quernstone Discovered in Farmer’s Field
A huge prehistoric quernstone is the latest evidence of an Early Neolithic settlement on the outskirts of Kirkwall, Orkney.
Ding Dong The Shop Is Back!
“Which shop’s that? The Ness shop”
OAS Calendar – September – A V. Small Mill
The Click Mill, Dounby by Nigel Jennings.
A 10,000 year old Baby Carrier
More than 70 small, pierced shell beads and four big, pierced shell pendants, were most likely sewn into a piece of leather, wrapped around the baby for her burial.
The ‘Falcon Shrine’ Reveals Its Wonders
Pedestal with cube statue and other votive elements. Photo credits: The Berenike Project/Sikait Project
There’s More To Brochs Than ‘Choost an’ Owld Pile of Ston’ – to quote from the title of Ken McElroy’s dissertation!
“I received the latest Newsletter from the Caithness Broch Project and it has all sorts in it”
Quiz: Name The Brochs #Brochtober
All the brochs plus a bonus – can you name them all?
