Archaeologists are thrilled by the discovery of a Roman coin during the excavation of an archaeological site in Orkney. The copper alloy coin was found at the Knowe of Swandro, the location of a ...

Skara Brae's remarkable survival through the ages is thanks to the design of the original builders who buried the stone-slab walls up to roof level in clay soil and waste material in order to provide ...

Midhowe: An example of a stalled cairn, from the Orkney Isles, off the north coast of Scotland ... Wayland's Smithy: Also from southern England, this site consists of a long mound, originally with a ...

We’re all familiar with Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids of Giza, but did you know that Skara Brae is older than both?

These ancient sites are just the tip of Orkney’s historical iceberg. Archaeological excavations across the islands continue to reshape our understanding of the archipelago's past. A particularly ...

Orkney’s archaeology never fails to stun now work ... One structure on the site has been described as a giant Neolithic-era cathedral. At 82ft long and 65ft wide, it stands between two of ...

Scottish archaeology hub Dig It! also has a Pictish spearbutt found in Fife, an Orkney shipwreck, a Hebridean prehistoric site and a Celtic bangle from the Highlands among its "most amazing ...