Tom of the Eagles’ welcome return to our fieldtrip schedule Friday afternoon saw a field trip to the recently re-opened “Tomb of the Eagles”, led by Professor Colin Richards.

Friday afternoon saw a field trip to the recently re-opened “Tomb of the Eagles”, led by Professor Colin Richards.
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UHI student volunteers at 2025 Blomuir chambered tomb dig UHI Archaeology Institute students were among the volunteers at the ongoing excavation of a Neolithic chambered cairn in Orkney’s East Mainland.

UHI Archaeology Institute students were among the volunteers at the ongoing #excavation of a #Neolithic chambered cairn in Orkney’s East Mainland.
#archaeology #orkney #chamberedcairn #chamberedtomb #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

Maesry – another Maeshowe-type chambered cairn in Sanday? Maesry is a suspected Maeshowe-type chambered cairn on Start Point – a small tidal island off the north-eastern tip of Sanday.

This week we take a look at (Mount) Maesry - a suspected Maeshowe-type chambered cairn on a small tidal island off the north-eastern tip of #Sanday.
#archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic #ChamberedCairn #ChamberedTomb
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/maesry-sanday/

Braeside, Eday – two structures covered by a single cairn? A stalled chamber within a substantial cairn - was there a second structure at the northern end?

A stalled chamber within a substantial cairn - was there a second structure at the northern end?
#archaeology #Eday #Neolithic #ChamberedCairn #ChamberedTomb

Video: ARP 2025 – ‘(Re)discovering a Neolithic passage grave at Blomuir, Holm, Orkney’ The recording of Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark's talk on the Blomuir chambered cairn, Holm, at the Archaeological Research in Progress 2025 conference.

The recording of Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark's talk on the Blomuir chambered cairn, Holm, at the Archaeological Research in Progress 2025 conference.
#archaeology #Neolithic #Orkney #ChamberedCairn

New report on 1985 chambered cairn excavation dedicated to lead archaeologist ORCA has published the report of the 1985 re-excavation of the Vinquoy chambered cairn, dedicating it to the late Jacqui Marwick, who led the operation.

ORCA has published the report of the 1985 re-excavation of the Vinquoy chambered cairn, dedicating it to the late Jacqui Marwick, who led the operation.
#archaeology #Orkney #Eday #Neolithic #ChamberedTomb #ChamberedCairn #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

Vinquoy chambered cairn, Eday We begin a series of posts looking at the Neolithic in Eday with the Vinquoy chambered cairn.

We begin a series of posts looking at the Neolithic in #Eday with the Vinquoy chambered cairn.
#archaeology #Neolithic #ChamberedCairn #Orkney

Update on the Blomuir chambered cairn at Thursday’s OAS talk An Orkney Archaeology Society talk on Thursday, March 20, will see Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark give an update on 2024 excavation season at the Blomuir chambered cairn in the East Mainland parish of Ho…

An @orkneyarchaeology.bsky.social online talk on Thurs, March 20, will see Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark update us on the 2024 excavation season at the Blomuir chambered cairn, Holm.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/blomuir-upda...
#archaeology #Neolithic #Orkney #Excavation #ChamberedCairn #ChamberedTomb

Egmondshowe and the funerary landscape around Elsness, Sanday Unpicking the details of a potential chambered cairn in Sanday and the huge barrow cemetery surrounding it.

After our previous look at the Quoyness chambered cairn in #Sanday, today we look at Egmondshowe and the barrow cemetery on the Elsness peninsula.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/egmondshowe/
#Orkney #Archaeology #Prehistory #Neolithic #BronzeAge #ChamberedCairn #ChamberedTomb

And then there's this impressively well preserved #ChamberedCairn including 14 articulated skeletons of men, women, and children inside one of its six cells just unearthed in...

‘A Neolithic feat of engineering’: Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge tomb Clues unearthed more than 100 years ago inspired archeologists to locate the 5,000-year-old site

🏺 And then there's this impressively well preserved #ChamberedCairn including 14 articulated skeletons of men, women, and children inside one of its six cells just unearthed in #Orkney:

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...

#cuween #chamberedcairn #neolithic #orkney #firth #visitscotland #loveorkney @ Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn www.instagram.com/p/Bq0JcWfBkB_/