Welcome to the website of the Orkney Archaeology Society. We are a charity registered in Scotland (SCO048044) which developed from the Friends of Orkney Archaeological Trust – click here for the history. If you would like to support the work of the OAS please make a donation by visiting our donation page , or consider becoming a member… Read More
Understanding grooved ware – The enigmatic pottery of late neolithic Britain and Ireland. A talk by Dr Mike Cooper – University of Bradford St Magnus Centre, Palace road, Kirkwall 24th July at 7:30pm
Sunday 19th August 2nd Ness Open Day, with a private tour of the site for OAS members by Nick Card at 10am. The Open day itself runs 11am – 4pm. Please note this is for OAS members only.
Understanding grooved ware – The enigmatic pottery of late neolithic Britain and Ireland. A talk by Dr Mike Cooper – University of Bradford St Magnus Centre, Palace road, Kirkwall 24th July at 7:30pm
Past and Present A talk by resident artist, Elisabeth Holder. From 7:30 pm until 9:30 pm At St Magnus Centre Palace Rd, Kirkwall KW15 1PA Free Free entry – raffle – all welcome Poster to download ( PDF )
Understanding grooved ware – The enigmatic pottery of late neolithic Britain and Ireland. A talk by Dr Mike Cooper – University of Bradford St Magnus Centre, Palace road, Kirkwall 24th July at 7:30pm All welcome – Free entry – Raffle Poster to download ( PDF )
With renowned illustrator Alan R Braby Saturday 21st July 2018 at the Craft Hub, Rousay (just by the pier) 11:30 – 3pm including hands-on session with all materials provided free Soup and bannock lunch available for £5 To book your FREE place please tel: 01856 821455 or by email on: crafthub@btconnect.com Poster to download (… Read More
At the Rousay Community School & Garden Saturday 14th July from 11am to 5pm ‘Meet the Swandro Specialists’ in the school hall, including special guest osteoarchaeologist Jackie McKinley of the ‘Time Team’. Visit the Viking encampment, sample a Viking lamb stew with bere bannocks. Free entry, raffle, all welcome. Free bus from pier meets the… Read More
For a little bit of our own history. The other day Andrew Appleby handed me a CD with a couple of PDFs on it of the first newsletters of the organisation that was to become the Orkney Archaeology Society. FOAT Spring 2008 Newsletter 1 and OAS Newsletter 1, Autumn 2008 They make interesting reading and… Read More
Volunteers from the Orkney Archaeology Society arrived early today to welcome visitors to the Ness, after spending the last week setting things up. We were expecting it to busy as it was the first day, the sun was shining and BBC were re-running the three – part documentry on Orkney from last year featuring the… Read More
Visit the dig The 2018 dig will run from Tuesday 26th June until Friday 3rd August and visitors are very welcome from Sunday to Thursdays between 9am and 5pm. We’re not usually on site on Fridays and Saturdays, so please don’t visit then. The first few days will be opening up the site so there… Read More