As opposed to our spoof video from a few seasons ago, in June we had a long day out with Archaeology Shetland that rather more accurately...

The remains of air raid shelters from World War Two can be found dotted throughout the Shetland landscape, from Sumburgh to Scatsta and...

The following is a companion piece to the presentation of ‘The Iron Age in the Neolithic Axe Factory of North Roe, Shetland’. It forms a...

The move away from monumental architecture and into more ephemeral structures in the LIA is not fully understood though it is clear what...

Thammasmass e'en was five nights before Yule-day, and this evening was supposed to be peculiarly holy. No work of any kind was done after...

Opportunistic and exceptionally clever, ravens can mimic your words, count, are complex problem solvers and use tools. They play with...

At the north end of Sandy Loch in Lerwick – the sandy beach end – a building emerges when the water is low. Recently the weather has...

On a grassy knoll at the foot of Staney Hill is a concrete slab, the visible part ...

Dramatically perched atop a small crag in Fladdabister are two 7m in diameter drystone circular limekilns. Used as a render for mortar...

Terribly eroding into the sea, East Shore Broch is adjacent to Harpers Marina and just east of Eastshore and the Pool of Virkie. With Old...

The following article is an examination of a divisive topic for some in the Northern Isles. As the author, I am often puzzled over the...

On the West Side, not far from the dramatic Broch of Culswick, you will find the remains of what appear rather typical abandoned crofts...

Whilst we would normally delight in presenting our (seemingly) annual Halloween talk this year, horrors of an altogether too real kind...

Dr Robert Munro was a physician and amateur archaeologist who turned his full attention to archaeology in 1886 and began lecturing in...

On the east coast of Yell and at the toe of a boot-shaped spit of fine pasture, just south of North Sandwick, are the remains of the...

As a general guide before discussion, upland farming anywhere is a demanding labour, with the rocky landscape it can be even more so...

Still evident throughout the crofting landscape can be found subsets of the typical croft and crofthouse, namely that of the pauper hut...

In our ongoing work with the North Roe Felsite Project (see here), and for the sheer pleasure of walking in remote places, we have come...

On the back of the five-year Scotland’s Rural Past project – the research, recording and promotion of Scotland's historic rural...

This is a written version of the Halloween night presentation this year (2019) which followed the AGM. There were many sources of...