A core part of the project was involving local people in exploring this theme and learning new skills.
Orkney Energy Landscapes Project Published
St Magnus Cathedral Graffiti Project
St Magnus Cathedral Graffiti Project leaflet launched
Tombs of the Isles & the Tombs Trail
Tombs of the Isles will get under way on Monday, November 29, with an introductory talk in the Rousay School at 7.30pm.
Re- Creating Orkney’s Uranium Protest Walk
And so it was that on Saturday 21st of August 2021, another group of Orcadians, this time led by Dan Lee and the project team of ‘Orkney Energy Landscapes’, took to the hills and re-created that same walk.
Orkney’s Marine Renewables Under The Archaeological Spotlight
This important archaeological project involving The Archaeology Institute of the University of the Highlands and Islands, ORCA (Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology), St Andrew’s University and members of the community is funded by Heritage Lottery Funding.
Documenting The Site of The World’s First Grid Connected Wind Turbine
Costa Hill, Evie- the site of the world’s first wind turbine which connected to the Grid.
HMS Pheasant (1917) #OnThisDay
Eighty nine crew were aboard HMS Pheasant when she was lost on 1st of March 1917.
It Doesn’t Have To Be Big…..To Be A Garden…
” I was walking up the main street in Stromness, when I saw this….”
The Archaeology of Orkney’s Energy Industry
ORCA has received a grant of £10,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the Orkney Energy Landscapes Project.
Tombs of the Isles: Community Archaeology Project for Orkney’s North Isles
The tombs project will support islanders to explore and tell the stories of this remarkable group of tombs in the islands
