I absolutely snorted out loud in an important, quiet historic reading room. And then had the giggles for 5 minutes. Fingle rows of tentaculated fuckers!

November and December is a busy month for seminars @thinkuhi.bsky.social On Thursday 27th November 2025 at 7pm, Tom Fairfax discusses 'Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of the Orkneyinga Saga' in our free online Public Seminar Series. tinyurl.com/yc5ave7f

This would be a very different film if it was made in #Orkney 😂🤣👰‍♂️⛪️🥂🍺

A great summary of a shocking and deeply worrying decline of a once beloved institution. From the awful behaviour of senior managers to the not fit for purpose replacement of Canmore, an essential archaeological and heritage tool (and yes the purple absolutely sucks). Fingers crossed things improve.

Fascinating new interpretation of Buckquoy at Orkney's Bay of Birsay. Dating may put the entire occupation in the pre-Scandinavian Pictish period, and/or perhaps supports ideas of a long & complex transition. I can't wait to look over the bird assemblage data again in this light. 🏺🧪🦅 #archaeobirds

The @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Judith Jesch as Visiting Professor to the expanding team of research staff at the institute. institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/30/n...

Really interesting blog tracing the #genetic lineage of #Orkney from the #Neolithic through to the #Viking era to the modern day #Archaeology

If you are in #Orkney come along, I will be doing something #RedDeer related, possibly... maybe...

Rescue mission #deer 🦌

🌊Here comes the Irish Sea. The Western seacoast of Britain had a thriving maritime trade community during the Neolithic. They must have been expert and seasoned mariners. Navigating by the sun, moon and stars⛵☀️🌕🌃 #Maritime #Prehistory #Wirral #Neolithic

Amazing, yet slightly terrifying at the same time! #Deer #TravellingInStyle

I enjoyed looking at this when I saw the exhibition last year in York. It's a beautiful piece of interactive art. #Mesolithic #Archaeology #RedDeer

Broch-tastic news. Taking experimental #archaeology to the extreme! Such a fantastic project, great news for #Caithness and Scottish archaeology. #IronAge #Broch #Scotland www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...

Just because you are an Imperial stag (14 points on your antlers) doesn't mean you own the road! Well, maybe you do 😍🦌 #RedDeer #Autumn #Sutherland #Scotland

Crazy #Aurora dancing over #Sutherland #Scotland tonight, complete with a "Steve" #NorthernLights #MerrieDancers

#Autumn autumning hard in #Sutherland today, no filters required

Just this #cactus and its prickly heart!

Today I am mostly doing a #Reddeer jigsaw @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social #zooarchaeology #archaeology #Neolithic #Orkney #NessofBrodgar #Phdlife

Earlier this year, an excavation in Rousay by @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social uncovered an expressive carved stone face. We have a similar fellow in the cathedral, so archaeologists visited today to examine them side by side!

On this day in 1939, HMS Royal Oak sank in Scapa Flow with the loss of 835 men and boys. Today, and every day, we remember them.

#FindsFriday This unique carving of a woman was discovered in 1880 in a peat bog in Ballachulish near Loch Leven, #Scotland in 1880. Carved from a single piece of alder, the Ballachulish women stands 1.5m tall, has quartz pebbles for eyes and dates to about 600AD. Her purpose is unknown. #IronAge

Frome as in room NOT Frome as in Rome! #Somerset

*** Skulls and Dancing Skeletons tour rescheduled*** We are pleased to confirm that this special curator tour is going ahead tomorrow, Saturday 11 October. The tour explores the symbolism of hourglasses, candles, bells, skulls and more, and it's all inside! Starts at 10am, costs £15, lasts 1 hour.

Apparently today is #UKFungusDay here's a few from the last few weeks from #Sutherland #Scotland!

Simple pleasures: sat on the bed with a cuppa next to 2 sleeping pups, watching the trees blowing in the wind and listening to Frank Sinatra on the Huey @bbc6music.bsky.social radio show! #StormAmy #Sutherland #Scotland #Autumn #Dogs

#FindsFriday, nothing shiny to show but a pile of dusty old bones. 15 articulated #RedDeer skeletons found at the the Links Of Noltland, Westray #Orkney. Why place so many deer into the ground? What prompted this action? What do they represent? Their #Chalcolithic date may give us a hint... see ALT

The calm before the #Storm ... took the dogs out early this morning #Sutherland #StormAmy #Scotland #Autumn

Don't miss the fascinating upcoming online seminar on 23rd October at 12 noon UK time. @thinkuhi.bsky.social PhD candidate Evelyn Anderson will explore the provision of healthcare in Shetland before the establishment of the NHS. tinyurl.com/37sxpt3k

Eight years, gone too soon 😞 youtu.be/TmDgfRWBAGc?...

Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy is advertising for a new Chair. Take a look - It's a great role to help shape Scottish archaeology archaeologystrategy.scot/scotlands-ar...

Autumn has been autumning the last few days in #Sutherland #Scotland today #Aurora

The boys are back in town... limbering up for a busy few months! #Reddeer #Sutherland #Autumn #PhDlife

No bull, this is udderly ridiculous... I bet they were over the mooooon with their new purchases though!! #Orkney BBC News - Mystery package posted to island where only feral cows live www.bbc.com/news/article...

Our art and #archaeology masters has secured a 100 per cent student satisfaction rating for fifth year running. #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

#Caithness #Scotland #Viking

Not a bad start to the season #Aurora #Sutherland #Scotland #Northernlights

I've not dug since 2022, so my hamstrings are not happy. A great day though excavating at Swartigill an #IronAge roundhouse complex in #Caithness. I found a pig tooth, a broken hammer stone and a quartz pebble. Not a bad day one haul! #Archaeology #ThinkUHI @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social

Can you tell where the #sea ends and the #sky starts? #Sutherland #Scotland

No frickin way #allythepiper #piperally #freebird

The first of our free online public seminars is now available for registration: 'Robert Louis Stevenson at 175' by @thinkuhi.bsky.social PhD Candidate Jimm Simon. ➕Start 2.00pm 18th September 2025. Finish 3.30pm ➕Register through website www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...

Programme now confirmed. @thinkuhi.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Online Symposium: The Future of Northern and Arctic Islands: 2050 & Beyond is now open for registration on our webpage. 19/09/25 1pm - 5pm #research #islands @adammarkham.bsky.social www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...

Excited to be excavating here next week 😍 #Archaeology #Caithness #Scotland

#Highland games day in Helmsdale #Sutherland #Scotland #ClanAnDrumma, caber tossing, dancing and strip the willow in the High Street to finish the day

#Highland games day in Helmsdale #Sutherland #Scotland the pipe band in the high street to finish off the day

Five finger bitch slap!!

Since 2015, @eafsarch.bsky.social have been excavating Edinburgh's Cammo Estate, which was home to a mansion containing more than 50 rooms 😮 Want to take part in the dig, see the finds or join a guided walk? Don't miss their free open day on Saturday 16 August: www.digitscotland.com/events/cammo...

Just-announced programme for the Highland Archaeology Festival in Inverness next month. I'll be there talking about evidence for the early church in Urquhart, the Aird and Strathglass, drawing on some of my most recent research. Looking forward to meeting and hearing from others!

This will be a fantastic two days of all things #Archaeology in the #Highlands of #Scotland. I will miss it as I'm in Edinburgh 😔 Staff and students from @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social will be there presenting their research #ThinkUHI #Orkney www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/highland-a...

Made a friend today #Orkney #Fangirl #Archaeology #TimeTeam (he was very lovely)

Auroch skull, banana for scale. The leg bones of 400 individual cattle were found around #Structure 10 @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social auroch sized cattle at that. How many people came to that BBQ? #Orkney #Neolithic #Zooarchaeology