The timbers were discovered on the Sands o'Erraby on Sanday amid winter storms in February. They have since been moved to a freshwater conservation tank at the island's heritage centre.

A 3D digital map of Canna and Sanday has been created to provide a new perspective of the isles' archaeology. A fixed-wing drone was used to take more than 4,000 photographs of the islands ...

The bones were buried in pits cut into the site at Cata Sand, in Sanday. There are description in the historical records of a pod being stranded at the site, and buried when local people ...