Orkney Archaeology Tours

We specialize in exclusive tours of Orkney, offering a choice of all-inclusive one-week small group holidays, private short breaks, including our 4-night Orkney Adventure and 6-night Orkney Odyssey, and private day tours.

Due to demand we are now accepting bookings for our 2009 holidays - book before 1st September for 2009 holidays at our 2008 prices.

Our tour leaders are professional archaeologists with both Bachelors & Masters degrees in archaeology, & are also qualified Orkney Tourist Guides who live and work all year round in Orkney.

Orkney is world famous for its spectacular archaeology: the Neolithic village of Skara Brae, Maeshowe chambered tomb and the amazing henge monuments of Brodgar and Stenness - part of our World Heritage Site - are just the beginning. There are well over a thousand known archaeological sites, not to mention Orkney's many other attractions: the magnificent 12th century St.Magnus' Cathedral, Scapa Flow, the Italian Chapel, the Churchill Barriers, beautiful scenery, wildlife - the list is endless.

Our tour leaders:

Caz Mamwell BSc (Hons) MA FSA Scot

A professional archaeologist who has worked in archaeology throughout the UK and abroad, elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1987. She gained her BSc (Hons) in Archaeological Sciences from the University of Bradford, and her MA with distinction in Archaeological Practice from the University of the Highlands and Islands. Currently undertaking a part-time PhD through the University of Edinburgh, researching the Orcadian Bronze Age.

Dave Lawrence BSc (Hons) MSc FSA Scot

A professional archaeologist and specialist osteoarchaeologist , he gained both his BSc (Hons) in Archaeological Sciences and his MSc with distinction in Human Osteoarchaeology and Palaeopathology from the University of Bradford. He was recently elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and will be starting his PhD through the University of Bradford in September 2008, researching osteoarchaeological aspects of the Neolithic population of Orkney.