“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. “
“Starry wonders she has seen/Brooding in the wildwood green”
“It’s a strange, strange place.”
” It’s the sorry tale of a young servant girl, Marjory Meason, who worked at Frustigar in Shapinsay.”
” I was listening to the words of ‘You Haven’t Done Nothing’ and – Boris came to mind. “
“The fields are being ploughed ready for sowing. The archaeologists are gearing up for a different kind of season of digging, and Howie has been combining the two”
Easy to make and spicy – a tasty vegetarian meal
“BUY THIS! BUY THIS! BUY THAT!”
“The roof was the most complicated bit to put together – but now the Broch of Gorseness is complete! “
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.
