This year’s annual Halloween Powerpoint presentation at our AGM was on the ‘supernatural life’ of the Reverend John Mill. Based on the...

The following is an article based on the presentation given by the author to the Orkney Archaeology Society during their Brochtoberfest...

In June of this year, we revisited one of the few permanent prehistoric structures found in the Neolithic axe factory. The site was...

A compelling element to Iron Age building in Shetland is the use of ‘yellow’ clay. Found still embedded in areas of the walls and, in...

This past August, Archaeology Shetland undertook an enhanced clean and record of a site eroding from the coast edge at Gletness, Nesting.

A mile north of the ferry terminal at Toft are the remains of Fugla Ness Broch perched on the edge of the coast. Surrounded by two...

Evidence for an abrupt transformation in society of the Northern Isles in the late Neolithic is unmistakable. Whilst in Orkney social and...

Prominently perched atop Ander Hill on Bressay, the WWI Admiralty lookout station commands an almost unparalleled view along the coast of...

A long history of interesting finds at the Hame Ayre of Gletness.

Climate change is affecting all aspects of the environment with increasing severity. Some of the worst manifestations are still avoidable...

This year we were able once again to work quite closely with the wonderful people at DigIt! to promote our archaeological endeavours and...

As the season comes to a close and we reflect on some of this summer’s events, we are struck how nearly everything we touched this year...

The following is a companion piece to the walk of the same name we hosted early in May 2022. An 'unofficial' Scotland's Year of Stories...

As opposed to our spoof video from a few seasons ago, in June we had a long day out with Archaeology Shetland that rather more accurately...

The remains of air raid shelters from World War Two can be found dotted throughout the Shetland landscape, from Sumburgh to Scatsta and...

The following is a companion piece to the presentation of ‘The Iron Age in the Neolithic Axe Factory of North Roe, Shetland’. It forms a...

The move away from monumental architecture and into more ephemeral structures in the LIA is not fully understood though it is clear what...

Thammasmass e'en was five nights before Yule-day, and this evening was supposed to be peculiarly holy. No work of any kind was done after...

Opportunistic and exceptionally clever, ravens can mimic your words, count, are complex problem solvers and use tools. They play with...

At the north end of Sandy Loch in Lerwick – the sandy beach end – a building emerges when the water is low. Recently the weather has...