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...

South of Lerwick at the Sound of Ness are the remains of a significant World War II coastal battery designed to guard the approach to...

With its exceptional size and Lerwick location the Broch of Clickimin is perhaps one of the most visible and easily accessible...

If you recall earlier in the past year we visited Stanydale Temple in an In Depth article. We now want to revisit the site to look in...

​Due to the UK's largest active tombolo St Ninian's Isle is either an island or a peninsula depending on the time of day and year....

LORAN A, often known simply as LORAN (Long Range Navigation), was a hyperbolic radio navigation system (see 'Links for Further...

The extraction and working of Steatite, or soapstone, has been an important industry throughout much of Shetland’s past. This article...

Upon visiting the Broch of Burland to assess its overall condition and risk due to coastal erosion we set about doing our usual research...