Not much remains of Sna Broch these days, years of storms and coastal erosion have reduced the main broch to nonexistence though the outer

The North Roe Neolithic ‘axe factory’ covers an area of at least 60 square kilometres, from the Beorgs of Uyea on its northern fringe to...

Born on the 1st of March 1891 in Forfar C S T Calder is perhaps most closely associated with Shetland as anywhere, a result of his...

The presence of witches in Shetland folklore runs persistently deep. Though they are sometimes helpful they are as often not, the tragic...

Gilbert Goudie was born in Clumlie on the 23rd of April in 1843, moved with his family to Edinburgh in 1853 and died there on January...

Recently we revisited Ockran to record, clean and hope for some diagnostics on two new sites near Tingon in Northmavine – a possible...

It’s not often we take a leisurely group stroll through a mixed-use landscape looking for a particular Latin-inscribed mystery stone an...

The wheelhouse is a form of complex Iron Age roundhouse found in Scotland and largely concentrated in the Northern and Western Isles as...

We’ve spent a lot of time out wandering in Northmavine this year and have come across a number of new sites. In one case, like that of...

On a promontory overlooking the West Voe of Sumburgh across from Jarlshof near the south end of Scatness is the Ness of Burgi Iron Age...

It’s rare (as in, never before) that we highlight an entire area for a Site in Focus, but we decided the subject of our latest walk...

This is an unusual post for us but since it's Halloween season we thought this rather obscure, dark and fun poem would be our In Depth...

Simple fieldwalking in archaeology can be one of the most rewarding endeavours in which one takes part; the fresh air, the singing birds,...

What follows is a hard copy summation of a multimedia presentation given to the public on Halloween night 2017. Care has been taken to...

The most common chambered cairns we find in Shetland are heel-shaped, a plan almost completely unique to this location. Perhaps as old as...

The Tangwick horizontal mill, not far from the Tangwick Haa Museum, is a reconstruction of the typical Shetland mill, often referred to...

Location, Location, Location: houses in Neolithic/Bronze Age Shetland. The first settlers we know of came to the south end of Shetland in...

On the island of Mousa stands the grandest of all surviving brochs in Scotland. Just over 13m tall with a thicker than normal drystone...

The Neolithic chambered cairn on the summit of Ronas Hill, Shetland’s highest point, may well be the highest chambered cairn to be found...

Shetland has nine principal locations derived from Papa or Papar, a root pertaining to monks or priests of Celtic origin; think Papa...