Scientists searched for the inclusion of the Gaelic and Scots words for oyster or oysters in place-names around Scotland's coast.

The large-scale landscape changes that occurred in northern Britain from roughly 400–800 C.E. were built on a vast array of smaller shifting practices which reflected the realities of local environmen...

Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.

Archaeologists from the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) have helped uncover what could be a 1,000-year-old Viking church on the island of Swona.

Vikings, Pirates, and the Making of Orkney and Shetland

The Spurness excavation in Sanday draws to a close but we're looking forward to getting back next year.

The Meeting · Episode

An update on the final week of excavation from Dan Lee.

The eighth-century king Offa of Mercia retains a place in the collective memory of both the English and the Welsh as the instigator of the great dyke that

An update from Skaill farm, Rousay, by Dan Lee.

An update on the first week at Skaill from site director Dan Lee.

A new project looking at sowens – a heritage food made from oats and a dietary staple in bygone years – has launched, with a special event at Kirbuster Farm, Orkney, at the weekend.

YouTube video by Koch History Centre

A free one-day workshop at Stricklandgate House, Kendal, for anyone with an interest in the history of poverty, literacy and welfare.