#orkney — Public Fediverse posts

The largest structure at Barnhouse is the Sweat Lodge, Structure 8, a square pyramid timber construction with a sheltering windbreak around it and a hearth at the entrance for heating the stones.

#Barnhouse #Neolithic #Archaeology #Orkney #Prehistory

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/barnhouse-sweat-lodge.html

Howa Tower, chambered cairn NNW of Netherhouse, Bay of Kirbist: chambered cairn in Orkney Islands.
Historic Environment Scotland scheduled monument SM1329
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q56666080
Historic Environment Scotland lists 5 notable sites within 1km distance.

#ScottishHistory #Orkney

Howa Tower, chambered cairn NNW of Netherhouse, Bay of Kirbist: chambered cairn in Orkney Islands.
Historic Environment Scotland scheduled monument SM1329
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q56666080
Historic Environment Scotland lists 5 notable sites within 1km distance.

#ScottishHistory #Orkney

Howa Tower, chambered cairn NNW of Netherhouse, Bay of Kirbist: chambered cairn in Orkney Islands.
Historic Environment Scotland scheduled monument SM1329
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q56666080
Historic Environment Scotland lists 5 notable sites within 1km distance.

#ScottishHistory #Orkney

Howa Tower, chambered cairn NNW of Netherhouse, Bay of Kirbist: chambered cairn in Orkney Islands.
Historic Environment Scotland scheduled monument SM1329
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q56666080
Historic Environment Scotland lists 5 notable sites within 1km distance.

#ScottishHistory #Orkney

Lots of Small sites are dotted around Orkney from the Neolithic period. These are mostly a hearth with a floor, and very little structural evidence. They were probably light temporary dwellings. They all tend to date to 3000BC or before that date.

#neolithic #archaeology #prehistory #orkney

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/mainland-settlements.html

Lots of Small sites are dotted around Orkney from the Neolithic period. These are mostly a hearth with a floor, and very little structural evidence. They were probably light temporary dwellings. They all tend to date to 3000BC or before that date.

#neolithic #archaeology #prehistory #orkney

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/mainland-settlements.html

Lots of Small sites are dotted around Orkney from the Neolithic period. These are mostly a hearth with a floor, and very little structural evidence. They were probably light temporary dwellings. They all tend to date to 3000BC or before that date.

#neolithic #archaeology #prehistory #orkney

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/mainland-settlements.html

Lots of Small sites are dotted around Orkney from the Neolithic period. These are mostly a hearth with a floor, and very little structural evidence. They were probably light temporary dwellings. They all tend to date to 3000BC or before that date.

#neolithic #archaeology #prehistory #orkney

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/mainland-settlements.html

Lots of Small sites are dotted around Orkney from the Neolithic period. These are mostly a hearth with a floor, and very little structural evidence. They were probably light temporary dwellings. They all tend to date to 3000BC or before that date.

#neolithic #archaeology #prehistory #orkney

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/mainland-settlements.html

Evidence that the North Sea was divided by a peninsula from Doggerland to the Atlantic Ocean. This separated Norwegian coastal waters from British coastal waters until around 3000BC. 

#neolithic #archaeology #Orkney #prehistory

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/archaeology-in-north-sea.html

Evidence that the North Sea was divided by a peninsula from Doggerland to the Atlantic Ocean. This separated Norwegian coastal waters from British coastal waters until around 3000BC. 

#neolithic #archaeology #Orkney #prehistory

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/archaeology-in-north-sea.html

Evidence that the North Sea was divided by a peninsula from Doggerland to the Atlantic Ocean. This separated Norwegian coastal waters from British coastal waters until around 3000BC. 

#neolithic #archaeology #Orkney #prehistory

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/archaeology-in-north-sea.html

Evidence that the North Sea was divided by a peninsula from Doggerland to the Atlantic Ocean. This separated Norwegian coastal waters from British coastal waters until around 3000BC. 

#neolithic #archaeology #Orkney #prehistory

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/archaeology-in-north-sea.html

Evidence that the North Sea was divided by a peninsula from Doggerland to the Atlantic Ocean. This separated Norwegian coastal waters from British coastal waters until around 3000BC. 

#neolithic #archaeology #Orkney #prehistory

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/archaeology-in-north-sea.html

Anna Ritchie
obituary

Archaeologist whose excavations in #Orkney included Knap of Howar, with domestic buildings more than 5,000 years old

#archeology #SkaraBrae

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/24/anna-ritchie-obituary

Anna Ritchie
obituary

Archaeologist whose excavations in #Orkney included Knap of Howar, with domestic buildings more than 5,000 years old

#archeology #SkaraBrae

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/24/anna-ritchie-obituary

Anna Ritchie
obituary

Archaeologist whose excavations in #Orkney included Knap of Howar, with domestic buildings more than 5,000 years old

#archeology #SkaraBrae

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/24/anna-ritchie-obituary

Anna Ritchie
obituary

Archaeologist whose excavations in #Orkney included Knap of Howar, with domestic buildings more than 5,000 years old

#archeology #SkaraBrae

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/24/anna-ritchie-obituary

Anna Ritchie
obituary

Archaeologist whose excavations in #Orkney included Knap of Howar, with domestic buildings more than 5,000 years old

#archeology #SkaraBrae

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/24/anna-ritchie-obituary

Orkney Enclosed: Part 1, Runrig

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/05/24/orkney-enclosed-part-1-runrig/

The location of Walkable land between eastern England and Holland is suggested here, with evidence that supports the theory. 

Finding evidence for land between Britain and Europe makes it easier to justify land between Scotland and Orkney .

#neolithic #Orkney #prehistory #archaeology

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/walkable-land-in-north-sea.html

The location of Walkable land between eastern England and Holland is suggested here, with evidence that supports the theory. 

Finding evidence for land between Britain and Europe makes it easier to justify land between Scotland and Orkney .

#neolithic #Orkney #prehistory #archaeology

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/walkable-land-in-north-sea.html

The location of Walkable land between eastern England and Holland is suggested here, with evidence that supports the theory. 

Finding evidence for land between Britain and Europe makes it easier to justify land between Scotland and Orkney .

#neolithic #Orkney #prehistory #archaeology

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/walkable-land-in-north-sea.html

The location of Walkable land between eastern England and Holland is suggested here, with evidence that supports the theory. 

Finding evidence for land between Britain and Europe makes it easier to justify land between Scotland and Orkney .

#neolithic #Orkney #prehistory #archaeology

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/walkable-land-in-north-sea.html

The location of Walkable land between eastern England and Holland is suggested here, with evidence that supports the theory. 

Finding evidence for land between Britain and Europe makes it easier to justify land between Scotland and Orkney .

#neolithic #Orkney #prehistory #archaeology

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/walkable-land-in-north-sea.html

The Pentland Firth is the channel of water that separates Orkney from Scotland.
It is a rough crossing, and in the days of sailing ships, was avoided at all costs for its ability to cause havoc to seaborne traffic.
The possibility of this particular piece of water being crossed by any neolithic craft is somewhere south of zero.
Here's why.

#Neolithic #archaeoloy #Orkney #prehistory

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/12/pentland-firth.html

The Pentland Firth is the channel of water that separates Orkney from Scotland.
It is a rough crossing, and in the days of sailing ships, was avoided at all costs for its ability to cause havoc to seaborne traffic.
The possibility of this particular piece of water being crossed by any neolithic craft is somewhere south of zero.
Here's why.

#Neolithic #archaeoloy #Orkney #prehistory

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/12/pentland-firth.html

The Pentland Firth is the channel of water that separates Orkney from Scotland.
It is a rough crossing, and in the days of sailing ships, was avoided at all costs for its ability to cause havoc to seaborne traffic.
The possibility of this particular piece of water being crossed by any neolithic craft is somewhere south of zero.
Here's why.

#Neolithic #archaeoloy #Orkney #prehistory

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/12/pentland-firth.html

The Pentland Firth is the channel of water that separates Orkney from Scotland.
It is a rough crossing, and in the days of sailing ships, was avoided at all costs for its ability to cause havoc to seaborne traffic.
The possibility of this particular piece of water being crossed by any neolithic craft is somewhere south of zero.
Here's why.

#Neolithic #archaeoloy #Orkney #prehistory

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/12/pentland-firth.html

The Pentland Firth is the channel of water that separates Orkney from Scotland.
It is a rough crossing, and in the days of sailing ships, was avoided at all costs for its ability to cause havoc to seaborne traffic.
The possibility of this particular piece of water being crossed by any neolithic craft is somewhere south of zero.
Here's why.

#Neolithic #archaeoloy #Orkney #prehistory

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/12/pentland-firth.html

Quarter to midnight on 22 May.
#orkney

Quarter to midnight on 22 May.
#orkney

Quarter to midnight on 22 May.
#orkney

Quarter to midnight on 22 May.
#orkney

Quarter to midnight on 22 May.
#orkney

The Neolithic Migration into Orkney

My best guess for how the Migration of people in Neolithic Britain accessed Orkney, how the land that they walked over was eroded away, and how some people remained on Orkney as castaways,  building some of the most evocative structures in the Neolithic world.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/neolithic-migration-to-orkney.html

The Neolithic Migration into Orkney

My best guess for how the Migration of people in Neolithic Britain accessed Orkney, how the land that they walked over was eroded away, and how some people remained on Orkney as castaways,  building some of the most evocative structures in the Neolithic world.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/neolithic-migration-to-orkney.html

The Neolithic Migration into Orkney

My best guess for how the Migration of people in Neolithic Britain accessed Orkney, how the land that they walked over was eroded away, and how some people remained on Orkney as castaways,  building some of the most evocative structures in the Neolithic world.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/neolithic-migration-to-orkney.html

The Neolithic Migration into Orkney

My best guess for how the Migration of people in Neolithic Britain accessed Orkney, how the land that they walked over was eroded away, and how some people remained on Orkney as castaways,  building some of the most evocative structures in the Neolithic world.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/neolithic-migration-to-orkney.html

The Neolithic Migration into Orkney

My best guess for how the Migration of people in Neolithic Britain accessed Orkney, how the land that they walked over was eroded away, and how some people remained on Orkney as castaways,  building some of the most evocative structures in the Neolithic world.

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #Orkney #Scotland #Brodgar #skarabrae 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/neolithic-migration-to-orkney.html

Tales of True Crime, Orkney: Money Theft

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/05/22/tales-of-true-crime-orkney-money-theft/

Everybody i talked to about this neolithic migration into Orkney from northern Scotland told me they had boats. That people 5000 yearsago could float across the Pentland Firth in sufficient numbers to build the Ring of Brodgar.

They gave no proof, no evidence,  just the certainty that people living in the stone age had the ability to cross the English Channel and the Pentland Firth with sheep and dogs.

I didn't believe it.

#neolithic #prehistory #Orkney #archaeology 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/they-must-have-had-boats.html

Everybody i talked to about this neolithic migration into Orkney from northern Scotland told me they had boats. That people 5000 yearsago could float across the Pentland Firth in sufficient numbers to build the Ring of Brodgar.

They gave no proof, no evidence,  just the certainty that people living in the stone age had the ability to cross the English Channel and the Pentland Firth with sheep and dogs.

I didn't believe it.

#neolithic #prehistory #Orkney #archaeology 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/they-must-have-had-boats.html

Everybody i talked to about this neolithic migration into Orkney from northern Scotland told me they had boats. That people 5000 yearsago could float across the Pentland Firth in sufficient numbers to build the Ring of Brodgar.

They gave no proof, no evidence,  just the certainty that people living in the stone age had the ability to cross the English Channel and the Pentland Firth with sheep and dogs.

I didn't believe it.

#neolithic #prehistory #Orkney #archaeology 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/they-must-have-had-boats.html

Everybody i talked to about this neolithic migration into Orkney from northern Scotland told me they had boats. That people 5000 yearsago could float across the Pentland Firth in sufficient numbers to build the Ring of Brodgar.

They gave no proof, no evidence,  just the certainty that people living in the stone age had the ability to cross the English Channel and the Pentland Firth with sheep and dogs.

I didn't believe it.

#neolithic #prehistory #Orkney #archaeology 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/they-must-have-had-boats.html

Everybody i talked to about this neolithic migration into Orkney from northern Scotland told me they had boats. That people 5000 yearsago could float across the Pentland Firth in sufficient numbers to build the Ring of Brodgar.

They gave no proof, no evidence,  just the certainty that people living in the stone age had the ability to cross the English Channel and the Pentland Firth with sheep and dogs.

I didn't believe it.

#neolithic #prehistory #Orkney #archaeology 

https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/07/they-must-have-had-boats.html

Flying the Flag for Orkney at VisitScotland Connect 2026

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/05/21/flying-the-flag-for-orkney-at-visitscotland-connect-2026/

Flying the Flag for Orkney at VisitScotland Connect 2026

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/05/21/flying-the-flag-for-orkney-at-visitscotland-connect-2026/

Flying the Flag for Orkney at VisitScotland Connect 2026

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/05/21/flying-the-flag-for-orkney-at-visitscotland-connect-2026/