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Personal profile
Academic Qualifications
Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
PhD in Archaeology from the Univeristy of the Highlands and Islands/Open University
Teaching Expertise
I started teaching at the UHI in the latter stages of my doctoral research in 2004. I taught modules for Tourism and Culture Studies before joining Archaeology in 2008. I am a part-time lecturer and I mainly teach medieval and later archaeology and research skills on our Masters programmes.
Research Expertise
My research focuses on landscapes of religion and power in the North Atlantic with specific reference to the joint Orkney and Caithness Earldoms. My theses and subsequent research looks into castles and high status buildings, churches, parochial organisation and pilgrimage. Another of my research strands is the history of traditional song with specific reference to the journeys of songs within the Orcadian diaspora. I am currently CoPI on a 3-year AHRC-DFG funded project researching the commercialisation of trade in the Northern Isles in the early modern period.
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Collaborations from the last five years
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YAARP: Yesnaby Art & Archaeology Research Project
Moore, J. (PI), Hammond, R. (PI) & Gibbon, S. J. (CoI)
20/07/15 → …
Project: Research
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Identifying the medieval landscape of Deerness, Orkney
Gibbon, S. J. (PI)
15/02/21 → 26/04/23
Project: Research
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Is the Wirk a Castle?
Gibbon, S. J. (PI), Lee, D. (PI), Gee, C. (PI) & Brend, A. (PI)
6/02/20 → 21/11/22
Project: Research
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Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE): The impact of international commercialization on north-west Europe's peripheral communities 1468-1712: production, commerce and consumption in Orkney and Shetland
Gibbon, S. J. (PI), Mainland, I. (CoI), Harland, J. (CoI), Gibson, J. D. (CoI), Lee, D. (Researcher), Sharman, P. (Researcher) & Cussans, J. (Researcher)
1/02/20 → 31/01/23
Project: Research
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Landscapes of Change - Skaill farmstead
Lee, D. (PI), Mainland, I. (PI), Gibbon, S. J. (PI) & Harland, J. (PI)
1/06/17 → 31/03/18
Project: Research
Research output
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Deer sound Deerness Orkney Archaeological Desk-based Assessment and Coastal Walkover Survey
Gibbon, S. J., Lee, D. & Brady, O., Nov 2023, (Unpublished) 75 p. UHI Research Repository.Research output: Other contribution
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Is The Wirk a Castle? Re-evaluating previous excavations: geophysical survey and excavation 2020-21
Lee, D. & Gibbon, S. J., 10 Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Orkney Trading Families
Cussans, J., Gardiner, M., Gibbon, S. J., Grassel , P., Harland, J., Holterman, B., Lee, D., Mainland, I. & Rendall, J., Nov 2023, Orkney Looking in from the Edge Shetland: Early Modern Trade in the Northern Isles. Holterman, B. & Grassel, P. (eds.). Bremerhavn, p. 44-47 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
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Rousay Egilsay Wyre Stepping Back in Time: Archaeology & History Booklet 2023
Castle, H., Lee, D. & Gibbon, S. J., 1 Mar 2023, 20 p. UHI Research Repository.Research output: Other contribution
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Treòir Voar Virr Aig Baile: Bileag Orain
Gibbon, S. J. (Contributor), 15 Jun 2023, 184 p. The Scottish Government.Translated title of the contribution :Energy, spring, vigour: Song Booklet Research output: Other contribution
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Is the Wirk a Norse castle? Re-evaluating previous investigations. The Wirk, Rousay, Orkney: Data Structure Report. Archaeological Evaluation & Geophysical Survey
Gibbon, S. J., Lee, D., Gee, C. & Brend, A., 21 Nov 2022, (Unpublished) 65 p.Research output: Other contribution
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Place-names in Sandwick, Deerness, Orkney: 'The greatest household in Orkney next to the Earls'
Gibbon, S. J., 30 Sept 2022, Whispering Gallery, 156, p. 7-11 5 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or web blog › Article
Activities
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Light of the North: Medieval Christianity, Pilgrimage and St Magnus in Orkney
Gibbon, S. J. (Invited speaker)
2 Jun 2025Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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Ragna's World
Gibbon, S. J. (Participant)
1 Apr 2025 → 2 Apr 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Scotland's Islands Research Framework for Archaeology third symposium
Gibbon, S. J. (Participant)
24 Mar 2023 → 27 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Participation in Skaill Rousay excavation open day
Gibbon, S. J. (Contributor) & Lee, D. (Contributor)
22 Jul 2023Activity: KE and Outreach activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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Human-landscape interactions at Skaill Farm, Rousay: an integrated study of biological and historical data, a case study from the LIFTE project.
Harland, J. (Speaker), Mainland, I. (Speaker), Gibbon, S. J. (Speaker) & Lee, D. (Speaker)
11 Jan 2023Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Oral presentation
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Host event by UHI Archaeology Institute for the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo.
Gibbon, S. J. (Speaker), Mainland, I. (Organiser), Downes, J. (Organiser) & Harland, J. (Speaker)
9 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Light of the North: Christianity, Pilgrimage & the Cult of St Magnus
Gibbon, S. J. (Speaker)
1 Apr 2023Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
Press/Media
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A meeting of minds at ‘Ragna’s Islands’ workshop in Kirkwall
Gibbon, S. J., Mainland, I. & Cooke, S.
3/04/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Fresh light shed on Cathedral's ancient relic mystery
26/02/25
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Radiocarbon Dating of St Magnus Reliquary - "it may be Scotland’s earliest surviving wooden reliquary"
26/02/25
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Reliquary box containing skull and bones found to be from same time period as Orkney saint St Magnus
25/02/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Five of Scotland's most amazing archaeological discoveries from 2023
15/12/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Interview concerning the LIFTE Project joint exhibition
11/12/23 → 14/12/23
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research
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Five of Scotland’s most ‘groundbreaking’ archaeological discoveries in 2023
11/12/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Thesis
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The Origins and Early Development of the Parochial System in the Orkney Earldom
Gibbon, S. J. (Author), Lamb, R. (Supervisor), Crawford, B. (Supervisor) & Downes, J. (Supervisor), 9 Aug 2006Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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