From the Orkney Archaeology Society……From Duncan Lunan…..BBC Pics of Scotland…..
by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 01 March 2025
From the Orkney Archaeology Society……
“Video: Role of an archaeologist
By Mark Newton on February 26, 2025
Paul Sharman, Orkney Islands Council
Paul talks about his role as the Orkney Islands Council’s Archaeologist. The remit is huge and ranges from helping pull together responses to the Sanday wreckage to finding where to bury 76 pilot whales; encouraging community archaeological and cultural heritage projects; giving input on the Orkney World Heritage Management Plan. Additionally he gives advice on the potential implications of changes in agricultural land use or a planning application on Orkney’s rich archaeological heritage.
The recording of the talk is here
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From Duncan Lunan…
“Please take a look at a BBC Podcast that I was interviewed for:
Heart & Stone
2. Stories in Stone
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0ks7bxl
How does a stone circle built in living memory become the stuff of legend for the community who watched it being laid?
In 1979 North Glasgow, a stone circle was dropped on Sighthill by helicopter for the whole community to see. These new, astronomically aligned stones sat on top of chemical waste and other debris in an area defined by the industrial boom and bust years.
Not only is it one of the most unlikely places you’d expect to see a stone circle, within just a few years it became revered as a place of magic and memorial, as a sacred place to escape to.
This is a story not just about urban regeneration but one of the power of imagination and the human need for meaningful connections to physical places.
Heart and Stone is an Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab
Written, Produced and Presented by Meg Elliot
Executive Producer - Steven Rajam
Sound Design and Mixing - Meic Parry
Original Music - Elin and Carys
Commissioning Editor - Khaliq Meer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0ks7bxl
Duncan Lunan
Science Writer
BBC Pics of Scotland….
21st – 28th 0f February 2025…
Including some absolute stunners!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vwr20dleko
There’s often an Orkney snap – this week, Nigel Heath caught some Orkney geese against a sunrise in Westray.
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