Another batch of updated/rewritten/expanded archive posts from the weekend.

The Tomb of the Eagles is one of Orkney's best-loved Neolithic sites. We aim to re-open and restore it as a community hub and tourist locale

The recording of Jenny Murray's Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) talk, A Saint in Stone, is now available online.

Charity squeezes an extra 25pc from members over three years

The first part of an article looking at the Isbister stalled cairn in South Ronaldsay, better known today as the Tomb of the Eagles.

The Tomb of the Eagles is one of Orkney's best-loved Neolithic sites. We aim to re-open and restore it as a community hub and tourist locale

Jobs, academic placements and volunteering opportunities at the Mary Rose Trust.

We've got a few colours'sizes that had previously sold out. Snap one up for Valentine's Day.

George Brewster's death prompted the outlaw of children being used to clean soot from chimneys.

Understand why Viking settlers of Iceland and the Faroe Islands represent different gene pools, and why this could rewrite history.

YouTube video by Red River Archaeology Group

Abstract:. The Sutton Hoo ship burial is one of the most famous examples of a group of lavishly furnished graves of the late sixth and early seventh centur

The remarkable, but enigmatic, object found in Structure Twenty, underneath Structure Ten.

We conclude our quick tour through the Christmases of the Saga of the Earls of Orkney with some presents and some party games! In chapter 85 Earl Rǫgnvaldr ‘had a great Christmas feast and invited people and gave gifts’. Having distributed the gifts, Rǫgnvaldr proceeded to play some twelfth-century Christmas games: He reached out a ...