Mike-- Wow, nifty! So there is a radio station I can get over the internet from Orkney? Do tell me more!! Judy Platz ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Clouston To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 4:15 AM Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Radio Orkney off the air Radio Orkney now back on-line :-) Mike Clouston wrote: > Radio Orkney's morning programme is not available via the Internet > today Tuesday 13th April because of a computer problem in the studio > on Kirkwall. They hope to be back on tomorrow morning. > Kind regards ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com
Sigurd, I was surprised when I was there at the wonderful condition of all the ruins - still standing after all this time - the stones weathered, but not eroded very much, considering how old they are. Is this due to the Orkney climate? Lack of air pollution? Charlie Petersen Port Townsend, Washington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sigurd Towrie" <sigurd@orkneyjar.com> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 5:58 AM Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Warebeth Chamber > On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:42:44 +0100, Sigurd Towrie wrote: > > > The chamber in question is undoubtedly the broch (o' > > Warebeth/Munkerhoose) well, exposed on a naturally formed ledge on > > the cliff face on the same old ground surface level on which the > > broch was built. Below this > > cover, steep, almost vertical steps led down behind the section to > > a very finely constructed well chamber. In the water athe bottom > > and banked against the steps (down which it had been thrown) was a > > mass of midden material, in particular a number of coprolites > > (fossilised human excrement). > > Would you believe that in my inbox today is a paper from archaeolgist Beverly Balin Smith on the excavation of the above well. > > This will be going online at http://www.orkneydigs.org.uk/dhl in due course. > > Sigurd > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >
Thanks from me too. Kathy Edmiston --- KJEMEM@aol.com wrote: > <A > HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/view/show.shtml?news">BBC > - Scotland - Radio Scotland - Programmes</A> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/view/show.shtml?news > > Click on an Orkney link. > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send > an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to > orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25� http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash
Re the recent query about the location of Lower Voy. I replied, but cannot remember who to! The first photo (see URL below) on Sigurd's page about 'crannogs' is taken from Voy at the head of Loch of Stenness: Fiona (York UK) >From: "Sigurd Towrie" <sigurd@orkneyjar.com> >Reply-To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com >To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [<orcadia>] RE: Orkneyjar Update - Crannogs - revealing a lost >chapter of Orkney's history >Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 09:43:21 +0100 > >Last update for the day. > >See http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/voycrannogs.htm > _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger
Sigurd, Was there not a tunnel or cave that appeared underneath the wall of Stromness Kirkyard a couple of years back? I seem to remember something about it - it all got sealed up very quickly -- Mike Clouston Sigurd Towrie wrote: >On 17 April 2004 09:57, steven@kw15.co.uk wrote: > > > >>>I also recall something being uncovered on the shore at Warbeth two >>>or three years ago, and being sealed up again- what was all that >>>about? >>> >>> > >Just checked through my files. There was a chamber unearthed in 2002 - if >memory serves right part of a broch. Unfortunately my papers on it are on a >zip disk. And my zip drive has packed up!! > >I'll take the disk to work on Monday to get some details. > >
On 17 April 2004 09:57, steven@kw15.co.uk wrote: >> I also recall something being uncovered on the shore at Warbeth two >> or three years ago, and being sealed up again- what was all that >> about? Just checked through my files. There was a chamber unearthed in 2002 - if memory serves right part of a broch. Unfortunately my papers on it are on a zip disk. And my zip drive has packed up!! I'll take the disk to work on Monday to get some details. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk
On 17 April 2004 09:57, steven@kw15.co.uk wrote: > I'm intrigued now Sigurd- do you know when the next tides are > that will expose the causeways and the unknown anomaly? I'll > head up to the loch a visit and check out the Ring of Bookan at the > same time. I'm just back from a trek along the shore of the loch. High tide at present so no sign. It was clearly visible above water at the start of April, so going by the secondary "tidal cycle" it should be visible again around about this time. On the road home last night it wasn't above the water but you got a better impression of the size because of the disruption of the water around it. I made the fatal mistake of cycling there today and underestimating the strength of the wind. What a struggle! > I also recall something being uncovered on the shore at > Warbeth two or three years ago, and being sealed up again- > what was all that about? It seemed to have some sinsiter > overtones. Or should I call you on a pay-as-you-go mobile > phone bought using cash to discuss this:-)? Hehe. Indiana Jones and the Warebeth Hole!! There's a lot of stuff out by Warebeth. I'm guessing it might have been the lead mines. Berns used to play in it years ago but now they've deemed it a hazard and sealed it off. I'll check though. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk
Wonderful conversation here! I'm very jealous that you guys are so close and can get to the 'crannogs'. It's a bit of a hike for us here in the states to wade across 'the pond', so to speak, so I'll have to forgo a plunge into the water for now--ha, ha :>) and listen to your chatter...great stuff! I've read the info you put up here Sigurd, on the crannogs and from what I can tell it's because the small island structures are so inaccessible that archaeological excavation has not taken place in depth(ha, ha) yet, yes? Ok, got that part, now what exactly is 'sula diving'--I'm thinking it is a particular form of diving that involves archaeological digs? So, has the Wasdale crannog in Rousay been excavated? Or were the Pict dwellings viewed from underwater? The 'suspected Crannogs in Stenness Loch', look like the real thing. Hope they do turn out to be! And for us with our weird American language, what is a 'bern'? I think I remember in some of Robert Burns poetry--'a child'? but am not sure. Thanks for all the up to date information Sigurd! Judy I think it is terribly exciting that there are Pict dwellings in the crannogs and the work that is being undertaken by the underwater archaeology project! ----- Original Message ----- From: Sigurd Towrie To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 6:42 AM Subject: RE: [<orcadia>] RE: Orkneyjar Update - Crannogs - revealing a lost chapter of Orkney's history On 17 April 2004 09:57, steven@kw15.co.uk wrote: > I'm intrigued now Sigurd- do you know when the next tides are > that will expose the causeways and the unknown anomaly? I'll > head up to the loch a visit and check out the Ring of Bookan at the > same time. I'm just back from a trek along the shore of the loch. High tide at present so no sign. It was clearly visible above water at the start of April, so going by the secondary "tidal cycle" it should be visible again around about this time. On the road home last night it wasn't above the water but you got a better impression of the size because of the disruption of the water around it. I made the fatal mistake of cycling there today and underestimating the strength of the wind. What a struggle! > I also recall something being uncovered on the shore at > Warbeth two or three years ago, and being sealed up again- > what was all that about? It seemed to have some sinsiter > overtones. Or should I call you on a pay-as-you-go mobile > phone bought using cash to discuss this:-)? Hehe. Indiana Jones and the Warebeth Hole!! There's a lot of stuff out by Warebeth. I'm guessing it might have been the lead mines. Berns used to play in it years ago but now they've deemed it a hazard and sealed it off. I'll check though. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com
I'm intrigued now Sigurd- do you know when the next tides are that will expose the causeways and the unknown anomaly? I'll head up to the loch a visit and check out the Ring of Bookan at the same time. I also recall something being uncovered on the shore at Warbeth two or three years ago, and being sealed up again- what was all that about? It seemed to have some sinsiter overtones. Or should I call you on a pay-as-you-go mobile phone bought using cash to discuss this:-)? Cheers, Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sigurd Towrie" <sigurd@orkneyjar.com> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 9:43 AM Subject: [<orcadia>] RE: Orkneyjar Update - Crannogs - revealing a lost chapter of Orkney's history > Last update for the day. > > See http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/voycrannogs.htm > > -- > Sigurd Towrie > Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney > Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com > Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com > Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >
Last update for the day. See http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/voycrannogs.htm -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk
On 16 April 2004 04:39, Stella wrote: > On another subject. How did Hell's Half Acre come by it's name? There are two theories. One is that the name stemmed from World War 2, when a number of service men and women were stationed at Hatston. The other is that it was the traditional "home" of the tinklers (tinkers). After the war, Hatston's damp, wooden, rat-infested huts survived until the early 70s and were used as public housing. And anyone who spent any time in them would say the name suited perfectly. And I can vouch for that. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk
It's taken me long enough to put something online to recognise this great man, but better late than never. A new section added to the Historical Figures section on Dr John Rae - the discoverer of the Canadian North West passage and finder of the doomed Franklin Expedition. See: http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/historicalfigures/johnrae -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk
Hello All (from a newbie): My name is Judy Platz and I live in Alfred, a small town in south-eastern Maine. I was born in the Midwest and as a writer, I've traveled extensively in the US and Canada. I teach College Composition at the University of Southern Maine as an adjunct which means I am always looking for more work, but also I can use my 'free' (ha, ha) time for writing. I've been interested in the ring circles in the UK for years, but only recently have I begun researching online and found the 'Orkneyjar' site! Speaking with a few other people here in Maine who have visited henge sites in the UK, they tell me that "Brodgar" is, of all the sites, the most inspiring. Certainly the pictures seem to relate that story, but I am really a novice. For me, the fascination is language and communication. Here we have stones from the Neolithic age speaking to us--how many years later? And I suspect that the many 'languages' we speak do not matter at all, when looking at the circle. It speaks eloquently without words. Judy
Fascinating--I was just reading an account in a 1952 National Geographic Magazine that talks about housing built during WWII and the strategic importance of Orkney & Shetland during the war. In one account a Shetlander(?) said people would count the number of ships going over, 'and' the number of ships returning! Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: Sigurd Towrie To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 5:59 PM Subject: RE: [<orcadia>] Hell's Half Acre On 16 April 2004 04:39, Stella wrote: > On another subject. How did Hell's Half Acre come by it's name? There are two theories. One is that the name stemmed from World War 2, when a number of service men and women were stationed at Hatston. The other is that it was the traditional "home" of the tinklers (tinkers). After the war, Hatston's damp, wooden, rat-infested huts survived until the early 70s and were used as public housing. And anyone who spent any time in them would say the name suited perfectly. And I can vouch for that. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com
Sigurd, Thank you for the article on John Rae. I just finished reading "Fatal Passage", so it's all near and dear to me. It's so hard to believe that Rae never got the credit he deserved. Thanks for all you do, Meridith Scott Keyes Everett, Washington
> A selection of new images now online - Super! The Stenness pictures are beautiful - but I particularly love the great job you did with Bookan. It may be so much less spectacular...but it's also that much harder to do well. Those are the best pictures of Bookan that I've seen. Martin -- Martin McCarthy /</ http://www.non-prophet.org marty@ancient-scotland.co.uk \>\ http://www.ancient-scotland.co.uk /</ http://www.ehabitat.demon.co.uk
A selection of new images now online - The Moon and the Standing Stones o' Stenness (http://www.orkneyjar.com/portfolio/scenes/moonstones/index.htm) Sunset at the Standing Stones o' Stenness (http://www.orkneyjar.com/portfolio/scenes/stennesssunset/index.html) The Ring o' Bookan (http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/worldheritagesite/bookanimage.htm) -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk
The pictures are beautiful Sigurd. On another subject. How did Hell's Half Acre come by it's name? Stella.
... But Tuesday's Daily Diary is available on www.orkneycommunities.co.uk, on the Radio Orkney page. Send in your nice pictures and news stories to the orkneycommunities.co.uk administrator (err... me) at contact@orkneycommunities.co.uk And any pictures of Orkney bands of the present and past would be gratefully received. Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Clouston" <mike@mikeclouston.co.uk> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:27 PM Subject: [<orcadia>] Radio Orkney off the air > Radio Orkney's morning programme is not available via the Internet today > Tuesday 13th April because of a computer problem in the studio on > Kirkwall. They hope to be back on tomorrow morning. > Kind regards > -- > Mike Clouston > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >
Radio Orkney's morning programme is not available via the Internet today Tuesday 13th April because of a computer problem in the studio on Kirkwall. They hope to be back on tomorrow morning. Kind regards -- Mike Clouston