Young Archaeology Club relaunch
YAC relaunch session on Sunday – with Dan Lee from Orkney Energy Landscapes Project Please email yacorkney@gmail.com to register &… Read More
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Report of the 2023 Viking week.
Vikings are fun! Far from just being fierce warriors, the 4th Orkney Viking Week, which took place 10-17 September, explored… Read More
Amazing new find in Orkney
Archaeologists say they have uncovered the ruins of an “incredibly rare” 5,000-year-old tomb in Orkney. The Neolithic site at Holm,… Read More
OAS Grant helps fund report
The OAS Grant comittee supplied a grant to help Karen Hardy to carry out some sample collecting from the Orkney… Read More
Over the Edge – by Jeanne Bouza Rose
From the web site: “I have tried to give enough information about the media used and the measurements of each… Read More
News: Last two years of the Ness dig
An announcement on the Ness of Brodgar web site today says: “With some reluctance, it has been decided that there… Read More
Old issues of Reviews for download
These reviews were before we decided to create a book each year. We have decided to make them downloadable for… Read More
Ness 2023 dig dates set
The excavation will be open to the public between Wednesday, July 5 and Wednesday, August 17. At present, guided tours are… Read More
The OAS St Magnus Graffiti project
This project presents the results from survey work undertaken at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, between January 2019 and June… Read More
OAS AGM 2022
The Charity AGM, will be on-line on Zoom to be followed by a talk by Martin Carruthers -“People of the… Read More
Sad News – Caroline Wickham-Jones
OAS is very sad to hear the news earlier today that archaeologist Caroline Wickham-Jones died last night . Caroline was… Read More
St Magnus Graffiti Project gets a mention
Delighted to see our St Magnus Graffiti Project mentioned on page 21 of the latest edition of Archaeology in Scotland. … Read More
Press release: Consultation on the future of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Orkney Archaeology Society Press Release – 10 October 2021 Subject: Consultation on the future of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney… Read More