“Perhaps archaeologists have been guilty of overplaying the scarcity of wood in Scotland’s Northern Isles.”
Orkney’s Superb 2000 Year Old Wooden Bowl
The Cairns: The Broch Continues to Reveal its Secrets
Some of the jewellery produced was of extremely high quality
Halloween Tales From Orkney: Robert Burns
“Some merry, friendly, country-folks,/Together did convene,/To burn their nits, and pou their stocks,/And haud their Halloween”
What Is Wrong With These People?
“Why people should choose to drive out to a beauty spot, or place of historical/archaeological interest, to dump their rubbish, is beyond me “
There’s cairns – and there’s cairns
“The cairn has all sorts in it – a stone with a fossil, which we found on a beach. We don’t know what the fossil is, but it’s a bit of deep time, there, in our cairn.”
The Islanders of Faray (Pharay), Orkney
The courage of the people of Faray is retold in the story of the trawler ‘Hope’ which broke its anchor chain and landed up on the Holm of Faray on Boxing Day 1908.
UHI Archaeology Institute Looks Ahead
Researchers at the UHI Archaeology Institute have a fast-growing reputation for their studies of the impacts of climate change and sustainability.
Christmas Spotting With A Difference – UHI Archaeology Institute’s Christmas Deccies!
“The UHI Archaeology Institute’s 12 Ages of Christmas…….”
Orkney Walks (with Stories) – ‘The Procession’
The Neolithic Heart of Orkney – or – ‘The Procession’
Poetry From Archaeology –
By Bernie Bell
Or – A Begging Letter!
