Registration

Archaeology dig

Download 'Our Islands, Our Past' Registration Form

Fees table

The Archaeology Institute is based at Orkney College, which is part of Orkney Islands Council. Payment for the conference is to be made using the Orkney Islands Council online payment system. All payments must be accompanied by a completed registration form which should be emailed to archaeologyconference@uhi.ac.uk

To pay by card, go to the Orkney Islands Council online payment page at

  1. Follow the 鈥淐lick here to make a payment鈥� link 鈥� this will take you to a new page
  2. Select 鈥淥ther Payments鈥� from the list
  3. In the dropdown box select 鈥溞影稍� Archaeology Institute鈥�
  4. In the next dropdown box select 鈥淥ur Islands Our Past 2017鈥�
  5. You will now see the payment form to complete 鈥� the system requires a UK post code, so if you are paying from outside the UK, you should enter KW15 1NY in the Post Code box 鈥� this will allow the payment to go through

Travel

There are several ways you can travel to Orkney. All will involve crossing the sea either by ferry or aeroplane! There are two ferries operating from the northern tip of Scotland: operating out of Scrabster and sails to Stromness, operating out of Gills Bay which sails to St Margarets Hope. also operates a ferry from Aberdeen which arrives in Kirkwall. There is a regular bus service which connects Stromness and St Margarets Hope to Kirkwall. Flight times can be obtained from the .

Accommodation

Accommodation can be booked through and Accommodation is filling up fast and so it would be advisable to look at rooms available in 鈥楢ll Locations鈥�. Buses are regular in Orkney and moving about the island by public transport is easier than in many rural locations in the UK.

10 Things to Do Before Arriving in Orkney

Now that you have arranged your travel, check out these activities that may give you an insight into life in Orkney

  1. Listen to an edition of
  2. Learn some and how to pronounce the
  3. Flick through 鈥樷�� 1978 by Alexander Fenton if you can find it
  4. Watch some films about
  5. Have a browse of the National Monument Record of Scotland online GIS at
  6. Read Matarosso 2012
  7. Watch Margaret Tait films 鈥�鈥� and 鈥�鈥�
  8. Explore some
  9. Listen to Peter Maxwell Davies
  10. Oh, and pack your waterproof trousers 鈥�