The multi-period site at the Knowe of Swandro on the west coast of the island of Rousay, Orkney is being destroyed by the sea. Excavation has revealed that the site is a multi-period settlement mound dating from the Iron Age through to the Pictish period and probably to the Viking period and the Westness Viking houses, which we have now shown overlie part of the site.

Participation: places available for 2019 The excavation (directed by Dr Julie Bond and Dr Steve Dockrill) incorporates a Field School training programme and provides an opportunity to gain excavation experience on a complex archaeological sequence in the heart of one of the world’s most significant archaeological landscapes. For details of the project please visit www.swandro.co.uk.

The training can be taken in one of two, 4- week blocks; the first commences on the 24th June and the second block commences on the 15th July. There are also opportunities for interested individuals to excavate for the full period of the excavation (24th June to the 10th of August). The excavation for USA students can be administrated for academic credits via Hunter College (CUNY).