Dwelling
In this episode we’ll be finding out about the houses of the living and the dead. We travel back to Neolithic settlements and meet some of the people involved in digging Rousay's many tombs. Forward through time to brochs, disappearing Norse sites and the only large-scale clearance in Orkney. Visit Trumland and a house with indelible blood stains and call in on Rousay's longest living inhabitant.
Contributors in order of appearance:
Contributors in order of appearance:
Narrator: James Grieve 2024
Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon 2024
James Yorston 1990
Anne Brundle 1990
Martin Carruthers 2024
Dan Lee 2024
Mrs Clouston 1989
Howie Firth c1970s
Willie Thomson c1970s
Kath Gourlay 1987
Helen Firth 1987
Alexina Craigie 1966
Ellen Grieve 2023
Athol Grieve 2023
Ann Marwick 1990
Ernest Marwick n.d.
Edda Mainland n.d.
Mrs Wylie 1966
Chris Gee 2024
This podcast series was created using material from Orkney Library & Archive, Rousay Remembered, University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and contemporary recordings made with the community of Rousay.
This podcast series was created using material from Orkney Library & Archive, Rousay Remembered, University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and contemporary recordings made with the community of Rousay.
Creative team: Produced by Kolekto (Mark Jenkins & Rebecca Marr) and University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute led by Dan Lee.
New recordings and editing by Mark Jenkins (Kolekto)
New music composed and played by James Watson (Wooden Sole Music)
The project has been funded by Orkney Island Council, Rousay Egilsay and Wyre Development Trust (REWDT), Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) and North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme (NILPS).
