Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology

13/03/2020

The ORCA team, volunteers and UHI students working at the Newark site have a feature in the Smithsonian Museum Magazine.....

The burial site, which contains remains from both the Picts and the Norse, is at risk of disappearing due to coastal erosion

07/03/2020

Get involved with community archaeology in Orkney and learn how to complete archaeological recording. Join the ORCA team out in the field to complete archaeological recording of the turbine sites at Burgar Hill and Costa Head as part of the Orkney Energy Landscapes Project.

No experience needed...all training will be provided. There is also no charge for taking part, but we ask that you book through through our website....https://www.orca-archaeology.org/orca-blog

05/03/2020

The news of the Newark site and ORCAs work has now reached the USA..... Archaeology Magazine - Archaeological Institute of America http://bit.ly/2Io48GA

03/03/2020

The news of ORCA and the work we are doing at Newark with the local community and UHI Archaeology Institute students is spreading...

Archaeologists are now in a race against time to excavate and preserve the site in Orkney which is prone to landslides.

02/03/2020

ORCA and Newark in the news...

Human remains have been exposed at the site of a vast Pictish and Viking-era cemetery on Orkney after storms battered the islands.

27/02/2020

Nice series of articles on ORCA and UHI Archaeology Institute research grant award successes in The Orcadian newspaper today.

Great to see and congratulations again to all the team. A great deal of hard work went into securing this funding...some of it done in holidays and outside work hours.

24/02/2020

Showcasing Creative Industries collaboration in the region, exploring how the University can help with your business, celebrating the links between Art, Design, Archaeology and Heritage.

17/02/2020

New community archaeology project starting at ORCA Archaeology....Orkney Energy Landscapes Project, investigating the archaeology of energy.

The Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) based at Orkney College has received a grant of £10,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the Orkney Energy Landscapes Project. The work...

07/02/2020

UHI student at Skaill Farm, Rousay The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute is offering a limited number of funded places on the MSc Archaeological Practice and MLitt Archa…

24/01/2020

As you may know, Orkney is particularly susceptible to coastal erosion especially on the coasts that have low lying clay shorelines. The damage that such erosion can do to shoreline heritage sites following storms can be immense.

So following the storms of the past month, a small army of volunteers was called upon to help shore up the defences at Deerness last weekend. A big thank you to everyone who helped.

For more information on this site and for a before and after storm comparison see our blog.... https://www.orca-archaeology.org/orca-blog/eroding-archaeology-orca-team-working-with-volunteers-at-newark-bay-orkney

14/01/2020

We are in the news today....

They were the final resting places of the dead with the mysterious buildings part of everyday life in Neolithic Orkney.