Tagged: Rousay

Thursday, January 23, 2025

The Knowe of Lairo – remodelled to emulate Maeshowe or something completely different?

This week we're looking at the Knowe of Lairo in Rousay - another enigmatic Neolithic chambered cairn unlike any other in Orkney. But what was going on? Read more

Chambered Cairns / Further Afield / Links

Friday, January 17, 2025

Link: New research suggests differing mortuary practices in Rousay cairn

A new paper looking at the bone assemblage from the Rousay’s Knowe of Rowiegar suggests that human remains were placed at different stages of decomposition in a more complex, muti-stage process for handling the dead. Read more

(📷 Swandro-Orkney Coastal Archaeology Trust)

Further Afield / Video

Saturday, December 14, 2024

Video: Time Team at the Knowe of Swandro

Time Team's John Gater at the Knowe of Swandro dig in Rousay. Read more

Chambered Cairns / Further Afield

Monday, January 29, 2024

Taversoe Tuick – its double-decker design and Bronze Age remodelling

In the fourth post, we ponder why the structure incorporated two chambers and look at Bronze Age modifications to the Taversoe Tuick. Read more

Chambered Cairns / Further Afield

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Taversoe Tuick – the lower chamber

In the third part of our series, we return to the Taversoe Tuick's lower chamber and its 1937 re-excavation. Read more

Chambered Cairns / Further Afield

Friday, January 19, 2024

Taversoe Tuick – the upper chamber

The second in a series of articles looking at the Neolithic Taversoe Tuick chambered cairn in Rousay. Read more

3D Model / Chambered Cairns / Further Afield

Friday, January 12, 2024

The discovery of the Taversoe Tuick – a ‘most remarkable’ Neolithic cairn

The first in a series of articles looking at the two-storey Taversoe Tuick chambered cairn in Rousay. Read more

Chambered Cairns / Further Afield

Friday, December 15, 2023

Midhowe stalled cairn, Rousay

We begin casting our archaeological net even further afield this week, looking at the Midhowe stalled cairn in Rousay. Read more

Further Afield / Settlements

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Rinyo Neolithic settlement, Rousay

In the winter of 1937/38, James Yorston was exploring the Braes of Rinyo, Rousay, when he came across stone slabs protruding from the turf. Yorston went on to expose the outline of two structures and portions of four others. Read more

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