| History and Archaeology |
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The Ness of Brodgar excavations |
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UHI Archaeology Institute |
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Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) |
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Orkney Archaeology Society - supporting archaeology in Orkney. |
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The Ness of Brodgar excavations. |
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The Royal
Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
(RCAHMS) - features a searchable database of monuments as well
as an impressive online map, showing all sites of historical
interest. Requires registration. |
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Orkney Heritage - The Orkney Islands Council department dealing with the county's heritage, museum services and historical sites. |
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The Brough of Deerness and the Viking Age Diaspora : Excavations over the past two year has begun to shed light on this islet, and the settlement on top. |
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Birsay-Skaill landscape archaeology project: Since 2003, survey and geophysics have been carried out at two locations on the west mainland of Orkney, at Birsay Bay and the Bay of Skaill. |
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The Papar Project — Investigating the enigmatic pre-Norse clergy of northern Scotland. |
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The
Quoygrew Excavation: A site detailing the ongoing archaeological
investigations at Quoygrew Viking settlement on Westray undertaken
by the University of York. The work began began in 1997 and
is investigating the relationship between aspects of the 11th
century transition from the Viking Age to the Middle Ages in
Norse Scotland. |
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The
Stone Pages. A site created by two Italian friends, Paola
Arosio and Diego Meozzi, covering all things megalithic. We
met Paula and Diego in June 1998 while they were in Orkney as
part of their Ancient
Scotland Tour. |
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The
Megalith Map - A resource for finding any stone circle or
row in England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales. |
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Charles Tait's Maeshowe Site. It was in December 1997, that a camera
was first placed within the Neolithic tomb of Maeshowe
and the phenomenon of the winter solstice sunset was broadcast
over the internet. For more details of this and subsequent events,
see this site. |
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St Magnus Cathedral - a superb site from SCRAN, documenting the history of the cathedral, from the phases of its construction to modern day use. |
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Historic
Scotland - The agency within the
Scottish Executive directly responsible for safeguarding the
nation's built heritage. Stewards of Maeshowe, Skara Brae, Broch
of Gurness among others. |
