May 9, 2022
Site 8915 on the SCAPE register is Sgeir nam Portan. Derived from the Gaelic sgeir, originally Old Norse rocks exposed as tides drop (the same derivation as Skerry), and portan (an alternative version of partan), small edible sea-crab of a black colour. Skerry of the...
Nov 11, 2019
Excavation and reconstruction Over four seasons of excavation between 2004 and 2007, SCAPE, GUARD, the Adopt-a-Monument Scheme and the Unst community investigated an eroding mound on the beach at Sandwick on Unst – the northernmost of the Shetland Isles. The...
Nov 11, 2019
Excavation, reconstruction and interpretation Burnt mounds are common sites around Shetland, often found at the coast. They’re usually large mounds of burnt stones which have been heated and then plunged into water, and are always found near a source of fresh water....
Nov 11, 2019
Excavation and historical research Brora on the coast of East Sutherland was once known as the industrial capital of the Highlands. It’s all thanks to the geology. A small pocket of Jurassic rocks beneath Brora contains coal, which was mined here for 400 years and...
Nov 11, 2019
Excavation A hurricane-force storm hit the Western Isles in 2005, and did severe damage to the sandy machair landscape of the exposed west coast. The island of Baile Sear, just off North Uist was particularly hard-hit. Stone structures exposed in the eroding coast...
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