Orkney Archaeology

A community led project in Orkney is using nature to fight coastal erosion and climate threats 🌊👇 thehighlandtimes.com/orkney-island-… #Orkney #Sanday #Rewilding #ClimateChange #CoastalErosion #Environment #Scotland #Nature #MarineLife #TheHighlandTimes

@OrkneyLibrary What goes on in Firth, stays in Firth - you know the rules!

New fear unlocked. 😱 The life of an Archivist is wild. One minute you're merrily scanning through a folder of old photographs, the next you've uncovered something like this and it feels you're starring in the pre-title sequence of a 70s horror movie.

Lekky Shepherd good on Anna Ritchie. In Edinburgh "Stuart Piggott dedicated two of his poems to her... a convivial dining club". A Chronicle time-lapse film of Skara Brae excavations was "unintentionally hilarious, more Keystone Cops than unfurling flower" theguardian.com/science/2026/m…

Orkney Archaeology Society is proud to republish today the article that Dr Anna Ritchie wrote for our Annual review in 2025. We have a short intro from OAS Board Membe Dr Colleen Batey. Anna will be very much missed by her family, friends and colleagues. orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/anna-ritchie-o…

Our next public talk is on 28th May, with Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon on " An archaeology of Christianity in medieval Orkney". 7pm, at the St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall. All welcome. @UHIArchaeology orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/event/talk-an-…

@jiver66 @ionafyfe But they are not counting the other 8, they will be counting 3 and adding in the verified figures from the other 5 .

@OAS_Orkney @ionafyfe Compiling the figures of 8 constituencies takes time even after you've received it all. The Inverness staff have 3 constituency votes to finish before they can even start on the list votes for all 8. It takes time is all I'm saying.

What have they been doing in Inverness all day?

@jiver66 @ionafyfe Orkney list results were verified and sent through before 4pm, i'm sure the same process applies for the other constituencies

@ionafyfe You do realise that Inverness has to wait to receive the figures from Orkney, Shetland, Argyle & Bute, Moray, etc, after they've done their constituency count, before they can compile the list data? Inverness have 3 constituency counts before they compile the regional data.

@JacobiteJen @jiver66 @ionafyfe Not all the votes are counted there. The Orkney votes were counted in Orkney and the results phoned through at about 4pm, having been verified by the Orkney Returning Officer. I'm sure the same happened in other constituencies

@jiver66 @ionafyfe Totally agree - they should have more counters though?

@_lliesl_ I was in the Orkney count - the list figures were sent before 4pm so goodness knows what's happening

@panjipana Or is it?

@OAS_Orkney thank god

HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS I WANT TO GO TO SLEEP JUST GIVE ME THE DAMN RESULT

Happy Star Wars Day everybody! #StarWars as photographs from the #Orkney Archive photographic collection. ⭐️ #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay

@JaneidyEve Am hoping i'll be able to walk a bit more in a week. i did a v short walk with crutches on Friday and was in a lot of pain after so staying off as much as i can for a few days. Good luck with your recovery - so annoying how a moments carelessness is so painful, i fell off a kerb

@OAS_Orkney Oh no, hope I do heal faster. I am having a very hard time walking in crutches. 🥹 6 to 8 weeks is a long time, hope your body heals soon!

I'm at the emergency hospital, they took X-Rays of my foot... waiting for the results. It hurts lots. :'( wearing my favorite SpaceX cap.

@iamaneggnow @BBCScotlandNews Hardly the same plot - no banana supply boat has been wrecked off the coast ! Although we will no doubt be feasting on banana bread for some time

@BBCScotlandNews This is almost identical in every respect to the plot of Whisky Galore!, so I expect it's actually a mistimed April Fool's Day piece.

Orkney banana bonanza after store orders 38,000 by mistake bbc.in/4lYHDtT

Books on baking banana bread available now 🍌 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Just a quick reminder....This Friday .....The next @ThinkUHI Islands Matter free online seminar.... UHI OCEAN: Cross-Pollination of Ideas for Resilient Futures. ➕ 1.30pm - 2.30pm UK Time ➕ Friday 20/02/26 ➕ Free online ➕ Register through website tinyurl.com/24hu2tfp

@mikasounds That looks fantastic!

Once upon a time in Dungeness! 'Excuses For Love' video is out now! #excusesforlove #hyperlove

@klondyker @AilsaMcL @OrkneyLibrary @HughHarrop @IonaMJMacDonald @VisitScotland Spectacular scenes, especially in the snow

Behold, the "Great Wall of Deerness" . Possibly the highlight of our time on Orkney so far. Great Wall of Deerness in Deerness, Scotland | Ask Anything share.google/28du8o2wrY1iPZ…

*** change of date for next OAS talk *** To avoid clashing with the Ness film (22nd Jan) we are moving our scheduled talk with Dr Graeme Wilson on " Excavations at the Knowe of Skea, Westray 700BC to 700AD?" to 29th January. This is a zoom talk and the link will remain the same