“From an interesting hummock in the land, this site has emerged and risen, year by year, structure by structure, layer by layer.”
Visit the Swandro Excavation!
Archaeologists will be back on site from Monday 20th June to Friday 12th August 2022 and visitors are welcome
Is This Where Our Big Brains Have Taken Us?
“One of the many bees in my bonnet is…that I like what I understand to be the attitude of the folk of the Neolithic, and often say it’s been downhill all the way since”
An Orkney Faerie Story
Mansie always made sure that on ‘rife nights’ such as Hallowe’en, Christmas and New Year’s Eve that there was food in the house for his faerie wife.
‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ Norse Women Textile Producers
The viking grave at Gurness, Mainland, Orkney located where it is now perched perilously close to the edge of the coastline is, remarks Christina Lee, a special link between the old and the new – between the sea and the land.
Stepping Out Again
“We were thinking of where to go – not too far – and we settled on Evie Sands (aka Aikerness Beach).”
Exploring Orkney’s Constitutional Future: What currency shall we use?
Since the first people stepped ashore in the islands of Orkney, firstly just passing through, and then to settle, exchanging goods with one another has taken place.
More of Scotland’s Historic Sites to Re-Open
Historic Environment Scotland is set to re-open more of the sites it manages as we continue to ease out of restrictions.
Holy Moly – Neolithic Wood!!!!
Structure 12 – Here Be Neolithic Wood!
Rousay: ‘Gods of the Earth, Gods of the Sea’
Rousay is one of Orkney’s smaller islands and is but a short ferry journey from the largest in the archipelago, Mainland.