Emeritus Professor of Viking Studies @UoNEnglish.bsky.social. Visiting Professor @insuhi.bsky.social, FBA. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/ See https://uonenglish.substack.com/s/ragnas-islands .. more
Emeritus Professor of Viking Studies @UoNEnglish.bsky.social. Visiting Professor @insuhi.bsky.social, FBA. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/ See https://uonenglish.substack.com/s/ragnas-islands
Judith Jesch is a British scholar of Old Norse language and literature, runology, and the Viking Age. She was Professor of Viking Age Studies at the University of Nottingham until 2025. Jesch is chair of the international Runic Advisory Group and president of the English Place-Name Society. .. more
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#Papay #Orkney
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#SuperbOwl #SuperbOwl2026
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Our brothers of the Arctic on Fowl Craig, one fine summer.
#Papay
#Orkney
An iconic specimen from the #StileArchive for @lakesstiles.bsky.social
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An iconic specimen from the #StileArchive for @lakesstiles.bsky.social
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By analysing over 100 Neolithic sheep teeth, archaeologists have shown that sheep in Orkney were grazing on seaweed over 4,500 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
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The Knap O'Howar on a snowy Papay day in January.
A fastness in time, caught.
#Papay #neolithic #archaeology #orkney
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Stanley Cursiter (1887-1976) was Keeper of the National Galleries of Scotland from 1930-1948 and was appointed the King's Painter and Limner in Scotland.
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