“We’re a migratory species – who can connect through time and place.”
Chalkhill Blues
The Irish Connection – Among Others
“Bryn Celli Du in Anglesey – one of my favourite places on this earth.”
A Different Kind Of ‘Easter Egg’
“Tankerness House Museum, Kirkwall, has many exceptional ‘finds’ from the Iron Age and Pictish era – one which I particularly like is an object labelled ‘ Egg shaped amulet’ which was found at the Bu of Burray in 1989. “
From Orkney To London
“I was hoping that someone from Orkney would go to see the British Museum exhibition which includes items from the Ness of Brodgar dig, and that that person would write about it – and it’s happened! “
Religious Identities In Island Communities
“Not far from where we live is what’s left of the old Rendall Parish Kirk, where I’ve often met with folk from far away looking for their relatives.”
Orkney Walks (with Stories) – ‘The Procession’
The Neolithic Heart of Orkney – or – ‘The Procession’
Lignite ‘Brown Coal’ Used by Ancient Greek Craft Workers
The archaeologists and chemists found evidence of the use of lignite in the dental calculus of Bronze Age people from Greece.
