A shipwreck found washed ashore on a beach on Orkney has been put in a water tank for preservation and study. The timbers were discovered on the island of Sanday in February after they were ...

Maesehowe is Orkney's most famous burial cairn, and a popular tourist attraction A new academic paper has suggested it is possible neolithic mass burials in Orkney and Shetland contain the bodies ...

Neil Oliver, Chris Packham, Andy Torbet and Dr Shini Somara join hundreds of archaeologists from around the world who have gathered in Orkney to investigate at one of Europe's biggest digs.

Five thousand years ago the ancient inhabitants of Orkney—a fertile, green archipelago off the northern tip of modern-day Scotland—erected a complex of monumental buildings unlike anything ...

The Cairns dig in South Ronaldsay and Blomuir Neolithic passage grave excavation in Holm will feature on ‘Digging for Britain’ on BBC2 on January 9, 2025. Renowned historian and archaeologist ...

Orkney’s archaeology never fails to stun now work uncovering the fascinating, ancient past of the islands has been honoured with three awards at a London ceremony. The once-bustling ancient ...

The prehistoric monument is in South West ... the Ring of Brodger on Orkney, Avebury or even the earlier phase of Stonehenge, which would be an amazing discovery in itself," Endacott said.

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Although the building is dated, the Orkney Museum still manages to tell the rich story of the islands from prehistoric times to the present day. Orkney in the Viking Age and its time under ...