
A core part of the project was involving local people in exploring this theme and learning new skills.
A core part of the project was involving local people in exploring this theme and learning new skills.
St Magnus Cathedral Graffiti Project leaflet launched
Tombs of the Isles will get under way on Monday, November 29, with an introductory talk in the Rousay School at 7.30pm.
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.
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.
Costa Hill, Evie- the site of the world’s first wind turbine which connected to the Grid.
Eighty nine crew were aboard HMS Pheasant when she was lost on 1st of March 1917.
” I was walking up the main street in Stromness, when I saw this….”
ORCA has received a grant of £10,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the Orkney Energy Landscapes Project.
The tombs project will support islanders to explore and tell the stories of this remarkable group of tombs in the islands