Archaeology.
The 2022 Review covers work done at the Ness of Brodgar and by archaeologists across the county.
Sanday is one of the most fertile of the Orkney islands, and this title explores an unusually complete cultural landscape of prehistoric times. Coastal erosion threatening the site at Pool on the west coast of the island led to its excavation during 1983-8, revealing a long structural sequence from the mid fourth millennium BC to the Norse period of the...
Reports on the archaeological work being done across Orkney and its different time periods. Issue Number Six.
This book tells the incredible geological story of the most northerly outposts of the British Isles. By Alan McKirdy. Paperback.
In this expanded version of his acclaimed book, Tim Clarkson pieces together the evidence to tell the story of the Picts from their emergence in Roman times to their eventual disappearance. Paperback.
William Balfour (1719-1786), second laird of Trenaby married Elizabeth Covingtrie. They had eight children; the book focuses mainly on the lives of three sons: John, Thomas, and David. By R P Fereday Hardback
Cambridge Country Geographies reissued 1920s Guide. By J.G.F Moodie Heddle & T. Mainland.
Can you imagine a different Scotland, a Scotland where women are commemorated in statues and streets and buildings - even in hills and valleys? This is a guidebook to that alternative nation, where the cave on staffa is named after Malvina rather than Fingal...The West Highland Way ends at Fort Mary. The Old Lady of Hoy is a prominent Orkney landmark.
A comprehensive account of the Ness of Brodgar excavations. The 3rd volume in the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute research series, featuring contributions from institute staff as well as specialists from around the world. Edited by Nick Card, Mark Edmonds & Anne Mitchell. Hardback.
Skara Brae official souvenir guide book. From Historic Scotland.
The Archaeological Investigation of Underwater Landscapes. Studying Scientific Archaeology 4. By Caroline Wickham-Jones. Paperback.