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.
#archaeology #neolithic #orkney #chamberedcairn #chamberedtomb

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/

New photographs added to Quoyness and Egmondshowe pages Work in Sanday recently gave me the chance to update my photo library - some of which have now been to the Quoyness chambered cairn and Egmondshowe pages.

Work in #Sanday recently gave me the chance to update my photo library - some of which have now been to the Quoyness chambered cairn and Egmondshowe pages.
#Orkney #Neolithic #archaeology #chamberedcairns #chamberedtomb

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

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

Trust’s £357k award sees ‘Tomb of the Eagles’ purchase move a step closer Plans to reopen the Isbister chambered cairn took a step closer this week with the Scottish Land Fund awarding £357,705 to the South Ronaldsay and Burray Development Trust.

Plans to reopen the Isbister chambered cairn took a step closer this week with the Scottish Land Fund awarding £357,705 to the South Ronaldsay and Burray Development Trust to purchase the site.
#archaeology #Orkney #neolithic #chamberedtomb

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

“The Giant’s Stone”, something of a misnomer now. Remains of a #Neolithic #ChamberedTomb in a corner of a field, east from #Bisley, #Gloucestershire (and not far from Mike Oldfield’s late 70s / nearly 80s residence and studio) #Megaliths #Prehistory

The Knowe of Lairo – remodelled to emulate Maeshowe or something completely different? Today we turn our attention to the Knowe of Lairo, another Neolithic enigma in the island of Rousay.

This week we're looking at the Knowe of Lairo in Rousay - another enigmatic Neolithic chambered cairn that is unlike any other. But what was going on?
#archaeology #Neolithic #Orkney #Rousay #chamberedtomb

Link: New research suggests differing mortuary practices in Rousay cairn A new paper looking at the bone assemblage from the Rousay’s Knowe of Rowiegar suggests that human remains were placed at different stages of decomposition in a more complex, muti-stage process for handling the dead.

A new paper looking at the bone assemblage from Rousay’s Knowe of Rowiegar suggests that human remains were placed at different stages of decomposition in a more complex, muti-stage process for handling the dead.
#archaeology #Neolithic #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