6 episodes
Rousay Tales Kolekto
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- Society & Culture
Welcome to Rousay Tales. This podcast series from Orkney, Scotland, will take you around the island of Rousay, exploring life in the past and present. We’ve used the resources of Orkney Library and Archive, Rousay Remembered and the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, together with contemporary recordings, to bring you this series of themed episodes.
Rich in archaeology, Rousay is often called the ‘Egypt of the north’. Listen to stories from the archives, islanders and archaeologists woven with discoveries, folklore and places of intrigue. Find out about the houses for the living and the dead, crafts and making, fishing, and farming. Rousay Tales will transport you to this special island.
For more information and extra content visit https://archaeologyorkney.com/rousay-tales/
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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:
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.
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). -
Travelling
In this episode we’ll be finding out about travelling, on land, and sea. Walk Rousay's circular road with a well-travelled postman, a well-known artist and the fastest man on the island. Hear about shipwrecks and bounties of tea. Hide from the press gangs and travel the peat tracks before you step aboard the steamer and marvel at the arrival of the ro-ro ferry.
Contributors in order of appearance:
Narrator: Prof Ingrid Mainland 2024
Dr Jennifer Harland 2024
Athol Grieve 2023
Ellen Grieve 2023
Alexina Craigie 1966
Ernest Marwick 1966
Frances Roebuck 2024
Chris Gee 2024
Mrs Wylie 1966
Edda Mainland n.d.
Dan Lee 2024
Kath Gourlay 1987
Helen Firth 1987
James Grieve 2024
Eddie Firth 2023
Tom Sinclair 1966
Alistair Marwick 2023
Muriel Marwick 2023
'Blossom Quarry, Rousay', Ian Hamilton Finlay by kind permission of the estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay.
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). -
Fishing
In this episode we’ll be finding out about fishing in Rousay. Discover the diet of Rousay's Vikings, meet some whalers and follow the herring boats. We'll set some creels and drop in on the fish factory and trace the importance of fishing to the islanders past and present.
Contributors in order of appearance:
Narrator: James Grieve 2024
Ernest Marwick 1966
Mrs Wylie 1966
Dr Jennifer Harland 2024
Tom Sinclair 1966
Athol Grieve 2023
Ellen Grieve 2023
Ken Ross 1988-91
Hugh Mainland 1988-91
Angus Findlater 1988-91
Hugh Mainland 2023
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). -
Farming
In this episode we’ll be finding out about farming in Rousay from 5,000 years ago until today. Hear about Neolithic granaries, Norse animal husbandry and the demise of the egg industry. Join the seaweed gatherers and celebrate the harvest at the agricultural show.
Contributors in order of appearance:
Narrator: Prof Ingrid Mainland 2024
Ernest Marwick 1966
Tom Sinclair 1966
Dan Lee 2024
Eddie Firth 2023
Angus Findlater n.d.
Bill Grieve n.d.
Alistair Marwick 2023
Athol Grieve 2023
Ellen Grieve 2023
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). -
Believing
In this episode we’ll be finding out about the superstitions, folklore and religion in Rousay. Hogboons, trows and fairies come alive in this episode to bring us luck or misfortune. A standing stone walks and a hidden island appears. And remember to make sure it's the dead you are burying.
Contributors in order of appearance:
Narrator: James Grieve 2024
Chris Gee 2024
Ernest Marwick 1966
Tom Sinclair 1966
Edda Mainland n.d.
Mrs Clouston 1989
Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon 2024
Muriel Marwick 2023
Alistair Marwick 2023
Ingrid Grieve 2024
Mrs Wylie 1966
Kath Gourlay 1987
Helen Firth 1987
The Rousay Singers 2022
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). -
Making
In this final episode we’ll be finding out about some of the creative folk in Rousay. The island has been a creative place for millennia and we hear about the Neolithic makers and their grooved ware pottery and Bronze Age soapstone carvers. Turn the beautiful Westness brooch-pin over in your hands and discover why Rousay played a part in the opening of the Pier Arts Centre. And be sure to keep rhythm with the music of the island. We hope the music of Rousay remains with you after this, our final episode.
Contributors in order of appearance:
Narrator: Prof Ingrid Mainland 2024
James Yorston 1990
Dr Siobhan Cooke-Miller 2024
Helen Firth 1987
Kath Gourlay 1987
Max Fletcher 2023
Adam Harcus 2023
Ceri Biddle 2023
Rob Flett 2023
‘Whaal’s Rost’ Jimmy Craigie n.d.
Eddie Firth 2023
‘Jenny’s Tune’ James Grieve
Ellen Grieve 2023
Athol Grieve 2023
‘Grandad’ Ellen Grieve
Fiddle - Hugh Inkster, Guitar - Tommy Mainland n.d.
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).
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