#tombtuesday #unstan #stenness #orkney #neolithic

#tombtuesday #westkennett #longbarrow #neolithic pics are front facade behind late Neolithic blocking stones, #polissoir reused inside #barrow and excavated #groovedware

A seasonally appropriate pic for #standingstonesunday #ringifbrodgar #orkney #stonecircle #standingstone #stonehenge #scottishprehistory #neolithic #bronzeage

In #scotland a passageway through a building is called a #pend some have very interesting nam here's one from #cupar #fife #medieval #markettown #alley

Loving and learning from these great posts - terrific if you have any interest in #archaeobotany🌼🔬

#standrews #westsands #fife #scottishbeach #windyday

A hidden #Fife #heritage gem near #BowofFife roundabout A91 #Mellvilledoocot a converted #windmill circa 1770, stone chamber (#icehouse ?) underneath www.jamesjones.co.uk/news-and-upd...

A beautiful place for walking and wildlife. Also really great coffee, bakes & gifts #HarbourHouse #ladystower #elielighthouse #elie #fife #coastalwalk #scotland #SaturdaySeascape www.welcometofife.com/view-busines...

For #Adoorable Thursday this is looking out from #stmagnuscathedral in #orkney founded 1137 - a #viking #cathedral !! Read all about it here www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/our-museums/...

For #TombTuesday I give you the #DwarfieStane a #neolithic rock cut tomb on the island of #Hoy in #Orkney see here for more info www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/dwarfie-stane/

Very sad & concerned to see this. In my 6yrs at #SkaraBrae #Orkney I had many experiences of customers using the #VisitScotland iCentre as a gateway to the islands. Visitor numbers have increased dramatically & tourist season is longer but the infrastructure to manage that isn't being matched.

Flash back to my previous #Orkney life for #StandingStoneSunday ... This is #RingofBrodgar in sunnier times with the heather blooming. Hope you've all 'weathered' Storm Bert ok up there ❤️

Very grateful to Stirling University for hosting our annual Induction and Development event, and to Heather Price for organising a great line-up! A fabulous setting, in no way hindered by the fine (albeit chilly) weather.

Thanks to @iapetusdtp.bsky.social for the best start to my #PhD! #induction was exciting, affirming and fun 😁 ...met SO many awesome people & #universityofstirling #campus was such a beautiful inspirational place to begin that journey #airthreyloch #stirling

#StandingStoneSunday #RingOfBrodgar #Orkney

#Fifecoast doing a very good impression of the Caribbean 😍 - in November! … topped off by mouth watering #crepes @ Salt and Pine beach bistro saltandpine.co.uk #Tentsmuir #Fife

1st archaeological activity after Fife translocation - #TAFAC conference www.tafac.org.uk/category/con... in Perth Great wide ranging presentations- #Hillforts #Roman Towers #Dendrochronology #Communitysrchaeology …here’s the cake case at The Artisan Espresso &Wine Bar round the corner 😍

Hello BSky world! Very glad to be here. Recently translocated from #Orkney to #Fife … The adventure continues!

It's time to say farewell #Orkney, after 7 glorious years. The place is special, but the people make it even more so - thank you to all the friends and colleagues for the very many wonderful memories I'm taking away with me! Till we meet again ❤️

#ringofbrodgar #orkneysunset #goldenhour #autumn2024 #stonecircle #neolithic #blindedbythelight

What a fabulous location and beautiful venue the new restaurant at @deer_distillery is 😍 #Orkney #distillery #restaurantwithaview #deerness

#knowesoftrotty #bronzeage #barrows #neolithicsettlement #orkney https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/knowes-of-trotty/

Pitstop heading north #blairathollcastle #bagpipes #scottishcastle

Visiting with family to say a fond farewell to @NessofBrodgar ... Had so many formative experiences here, made so many friends, and Ness sponsorship of my current study is literally shaping the rest of my life - thank you! Last ever day to visit is tomorrow folks ❤️

@TimMeek8 #limefinish found recently on #uhi student fieldtrip. This is a REALLY interesting chapel site - marked as such on Blaeu 1653 map... But also find site for part of a #pictish cross slab so may have been a chapel site from #10thcentury https://canmore.org.uk/site/3033/newark

So many #daisies at #skarabrae #neolithic village today that it almost looking like it had been snowing! #orkney #Scotland

I could keep going with the #Auroraborealis spam ...but I'll finish with this short clip of a blazing burst of light that was overhead at #bayoffirth #Finstown #orkney early on

And here's another two #shootingstars (going in opposite directions) looking at the #aurora overhead at the height of the #solarstorm #SolarFlare when the colours were most vivid and the movement most active #Orkney #scotland

For much of the peak of the #solarflare the #aurora was right overhead here in #finstown #bayoffirth #orkney #scotland and I saw no less than 5 #shootingstars here's one of them

I'm #colourblind but the #aurora was so bright tonight it lit the whole sky up and was easy to see even to my eyes 😍 #solarstorm #SolarFlare#aurora#aurora #orkney #Scotland

So the strongest solar storm in 40yrs didn't disappoint us up here in #orkney all the more glorious for a cloudless still night #aurora #merriedancers #northernlights #finstown #bayoffirth #wideford#orkney#orkney

Such a great evening catching up with friends and getting to preview the fabulous @NessofBrodgar Summer Exhibition @OrkneyMuseums … if you’re visiting #orkney this summer this is a must - as well as visiting the last ever excavation season at the Ness! #neolithic #archaeology

A new ‘Graveyard Tour’ added to the existing (and excellent) ‘Upper Levels’ #stmagnuscathedral #orkney Both are a must (book ahead early!) if you’re visiting #kirkwall this summer 😍 https://www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/st-magnus-cathedral-tours/

I cover a staff shortage at #Kirbuster #farmmuseum #orkney this week and I think the highlight of the shift was feeding the #northronaldsay #sheep who traditionally eat #seaweed but apparently these two like 1/2

Beautiful evening here at #ringofbrodgar #neolithic #stonecircle #henge #hono #whs #orkney #birdsong #islandspringtime

Dropping in just to say hello today... Will be back in the saddle in a few weeks #skarabrae #neolithic #Orkney #HoNO #worldheritagesite #springsunshine #scottishislands

What a day for #pollencoring in #orkney at #Lyradale #Orkney views across to #wideford #bayofirth #cuween #neolithic #tomb #finstown and right round to #maeshowe #stonesofstenness and #nessofbrodgar

#scapa #scapaflow #orkney

Beautiful day to go #bronzeage #barrow hunting in #orkney

Beautifully sunny and just a little wild out west today #bayofskaill #sandwick #westmainland #orkney #scotland #scottishbeach #scottishcoast #skarabrae

Looking across at #cuween #neolithic #tomb #wideford hill #grimbister and #damsay islands in the #bayoffirth #firth #orkney. We've had a wee bit of snow overnight 😍

So here's how a bit of how #orkney looks today - pretty #snowy ... This #webcam will show some impressive images when the barriers get splashy I would think https://www.orkanadventures.com/barrier-webcam

One of the best things about this time of year is the #sunset coincides with the end of the working day #orkney #scapa #scapaflow #dogwalk

Bird seed proving very popular at Wick B&M 😁

@welovehistory just visited #dounecastle only to find the property closed 🙁 wasn't able to book online as website showed error but also couldn't find any notice of closure online - could you add notification of closure to website please? Hope to be luckier next time 🙂

#roukenglen #glasgowsmilesbetter #Hogmanay #walking #waterfall

#labanalysis #labassisted #pollenanalysis #NessofBrodgar #palynology #environmentalarchaeology

Two talks that may interest #Orkney folks #norse #viking

Cheery start to the day at the college this morning 😁 #thinkuhi #uhiorkney #pollenlife #orkneycollege#orkney#uhiorkney #uhi #scotland

#scapabeach #scapaflow #orkney #seals #dogwalk #scottishislands #scotland #shortdays #winterlight