'Animating the Dead: An #Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in #Orkney' by Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards follows decades of research and incorporates new excavation results and radiocarbon dates from sites across the county. Available to pre-order now. #BronzeAge #Prehistory

Friday afternoon saw a field trip to the recently re-opened “Tomb of the Eagles”, led by Professor Colin Richards. #archaeology #neolithic #orkney #chamberedcairn #chamberedtomb

October's story sharing event in the TRANSECTS project focuses on whales and whaling in #Orkney. #archaeology #history

Dr Antonia Thomas will be giving two guest lectures during a brief visit to Norway this week. #archaeology #artandarchaeology #research #ThinkUHI

The next of our online seminars, which features Dr Reid Weber, takes place on Friday, September 26, from 4-5pm.

Some photographs of Saturday's excursions to the Knowes of Trotty as part of the first Orkney #Archaeology Festival. #orkney #BronzeAge #ThinkUHI

Three new surveys, carried out as part of the "From Peat Spade to Tangle Trade" industrial heritage project, have been added to a new #Stronsay section. #orkney #archaeology #heritage #industrialheritage

UHI MLitt graduate Kat Nickola presented her research at the annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) last week. #archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

The #TRANSECTS project is seeking embedded artist(s) for workshops and a mini-residency roles to explore marine energy transitions and coastal community resilience in #Orkney.

UHI Archaeology Institute students were among the volunteers at the ongoing #excavation of a #Neolithic chambered cairn in Orkney’s East Mainland. #archaeology #orkney #chamberedcairn #chamberedtomb #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

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

It’s been another exciting week of excavation at the Iron Age Swartigill site, with some remarkable finds and intriguing developments within the structures. Read more here. #archaeology #IronAge #excavation #caithness #ThinkUHI

A short video from Jim Rylatt showing the Stone of Setter in the #Eday landscape. #orkney #archaeology #Neolithic #standingstone #standingstones www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/setter-stone...

A summary of the first week of excavation at Swartigill, #Caithness, from director Rick Barton. #excavation #IronAge #ORCA #ThinkUHI

A new 3d model, courtesy of UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Logan O'Brien, of the #Sanday #Neolithic structure at the end of the 2025 dig last week. #Orkney #Excavation #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

The 2025 dig at Skaill farm, #Rousay, ended on July 25. Here project co-director Dan Lee provides a summary of the third and final week. #archaeology #excavation #SkaillFarm #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

Join us for an informal session of sharing stories, photographs or objects relating to Orkney's role in the oil industry on Saturday, August 30, in the King Street Halls, Kirkwall. #Orkney #Transects #oil

#Sanday 2025: That's this season's dig finished, the trench backfilled and we're beginning to get packed up for the journey home. #orkney #Neolithic #archaeology #BronzeAge #excavation #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

#Sanday 2025 dig diary day nine - Views from above and at ground level: The penultimate day of excavation saw a buzz across the site as we race to get as much done before backfilling on Friday. #Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #BronzeAge #Excavation #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

Sanday dig diary day seven: adze marks the spot? #Orkney #Sanday #excavation #Neolithic #BronzeAge #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

Sanday dig diary day 5: Week two and a change of thought... #archaeology #Neolithic #excavation #Sanday #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

We're back at Swartigill, in Caithness, from August 18 until September 5, to continue excavating a fascinating Iron Age settlement. #archaeology #IronAge #excavation #Swartigill #Caithness #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

We're hosting an open day at the excavation site and the #Sanday Heritage Centre on Sunday, August 10, followed by a talk in the school on Friday, August 15, at 7.30pm.

Sanday dig diary -day 5: The covers are off and the #archaeology continues to perplex! #Sanday #Orkney #excavation #Neolithic #BronzeAge #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

Sanday dig diary day four: The bulk of the infill at the western end of the Bronze Age structure is now gone - ready for the covers to come off tomorrow. #orkney #excavation #sanday #BronzeAge #Neolithic #THinkUHI #UHIOrkney

Sanday dig diary day three: Full steam ahead - deturfing and cleaning continued but the southern wall has emerged. #archaeology #Neolithic #BronzeAge #excavation #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

Spurness 2025 day two: Thwarted by Storm Floris! Although the weather saw digging cancelled, students got the chance to see some #Sanday #archaeology up close. #orkney #excavation #Neolithic #BronzeAge #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

Don’t think I’ll ever get over how magic getting to dig at Cnoc Coig was. Oronsay is a spectacular place and holy heck what a team of brilliant archaeologists. A proper joy to learn from such a fab bunch! I’m never gonna shut up about this! @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social

Spurness dig diary - day one: returfing extending and cleaning the trench. #archaeology #Neolithic #BronzeAge #Sanday #excavation

A team from the UHI Archaeology Institute is back in #Sanday to continue excavating a Neolithic/Bronze Age site. #archaeology #Orkney #excavation #Neolithic #BronzeAge

#Archaeology degree places available through UCAS clearing. #StudyArchaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

I was there on Saturday and this was so exciting. Of course it turned up on the Open Day! An amazing find from Skaill Farm, and one very proud UHI student. Great work Katie!

An unexpected and spectacular find from Skaill farm, Rousay - a carved sandstone head. #archaeology #excavation #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

A first for Scotland! I love these degrees, and the graduates they have produced elsewhere in the UK. Very excited to be able to support this option for our students at UHI moving forward. If you're interested in hosting a placement student, get in touch!

The UHI Archaeology Institute’s research excavations at The Cairns have now come to an end for this year. With the site safely covered up, it’s time for site director Martin Carruthers to sum up… #archaeology #IronAge #excavation #TheCairns #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

The UHI Archaeology Institute has added two new “year in industry” undergraduate degrees to our portfolio - the first and only two of their kind in Scotland. Click the link for full details. #archaeology #studyarchaeology #undergraduate #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

The first-ever Orkney Archaeology Festival lands 10–14 Sept 2025! Explore Orkney’s rich past with 28 events: 🔹 Guided walks 🔹 Site tours 🔹 Talks & workshops 🔹 Family fun & more Full programme online soon With @UHIArchaeology, @welovehistory, @OrkneyCouncil #Orkney #Archaeology #festival

Orkney's first #archaeology festival will run from September 11-14, 2025. #orkney #OrkneyArchaeologyFestival

As the site is covered over for another year, finds supervisor Kev looks back on the 2025 season. #archaeology #IronAge #excavation #TheCairns #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

Week one at Skaill Rousay: A round-up of the first week of excavations at Skaill, Rousay, from Dan Lee - including a 'memento mori' stone fragment, suspected to have come from the nearby kirk. #archaeology #excavation #Rousay #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

The Cairns dig diary - day 28: The last day of excavation before the site is covered up for the penultimate time. #archaeology #IronAge #excavation #TheCairns #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

The Cairns dig diary - day 27: A gallery of aerial shots showing excavation site today. #archaeology #IronAge #excavation #TheCairns #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

Dr Antonia Thomas is a keynote speaker at the 'Digging the Bigger Picture' art and archaeology symposium at the end of the month. #archaeology #art&archaeology #ThinkUHI

The Cairns dig diary - day 26: The final week of excavation began with great progress across the site. #archaeology #IronAge #excavation #TheCairns #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

ORCA’s survey of Hookin Mill, Papa Westray, carried out as part of the From Peat Spade to Tangle Trade industrial heritage project, is now online.

The Cairns dig diary - day 25: A busy day on site for the open day, but some important findings and milestones reached too… #archaeology #IronAge #excavation #TheCairns #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

The Cairns dig diary - day 24: Another day of finds - including a ring bead, spindle whorl and a 'secret chamber'. #archaeology #IronAge #excavation #TheCairns #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

NEW RESEARCH REPORT: Excavations at The Cairns, Orkney Find out how a grant from the Society supported the work of Martin Carruthers (@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social) in the long-term excavations of this multi-period settlement: www.socantscot.org/society-fund...

Dr Jen Harland and PhD student Holly Young are among the contributors in a special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. #archaeology #zooarchaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

The Cairns dig diary - day 23. #archaeology #IronAge #excavation #TheCairns #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch