Sarah Jane Gibbon

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 on our Masters programmes. I am module leader for Dissertation, Early Medieval Archaeology of Scotland and From the Vikings to VE Day: the archaeology of Scottish medieval and later society. In addition, I contribute to the teaching of Research and Dissertation Skills and the undergraduate module Historic Landscapes.

Research expertise

My research focuses on landscapes of religion and power in the joint Orkney and Caithness Earldoms. My theses and subsequent research have looked into castles and high status buildings, 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.

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Orkney Arts & Humanities

song Social Sciences

ritual Social Sciences

community Social Sciences

pilgrimage Social Sciences

church Social Sciences

international recognition Social Sciences

evidence Social Sciences

Projects 2015 2018

1 Active
2 Finished

YAARP: Yesnaby Art & Archaeology Research Project

Moore, J., Hammond, R. & Gibbon, S. J.

20/07/15 → …

Project: Research

Mapping Magnus

Gibbon, S. J. & Lee, D.

12/06/17 → 11/06/18

Project: Research

Landscapes of Change - Skaill farmstead

Lee, D., Mainland, I., Gibbon, S. J. & Harland, J.

1/06/17 → 31/03/18

Project: Research

Research Output 1999 2019

1 Citations
1 h-Index
4 Article
2 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
1 Book
1 Conference article
2 More
- 1 Doctoral Thesis (not awarded by UHI)
- 1 Master's Thesis (not awarded by UHI)

13 Downloads (Pure)

Storyways: Visualising Saintly Impact in a North Atlantic Maritime Landscape

Gibbon, S. J. & Moore, J., 30 Jul 2019, In : Open Archaeology. 5, 1, p. 235-262 28 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article

Open Access

File

ritual

church

international recognition

evidence

Scandinavia

Mapping Magnus: Research, training and community

Lee, D. & Gibbon, S. J., Dec 2018, In : Orkney Archaeology Review. 3, p. 66-78 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

pilgrimage

community

archaeology

Religion

death

'With a good boat under me': St Magnus and the Ladykirk Stone

Gibbon, S. J., 4 Sep 2018, In : New Orkney Antiquarian Journal. 8, p. 17-23 7 p., 2.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Boats

Orkney

Patron Saint

Legend

Inauguration

A Survey of Norse Castles in Orkney

Gibbon, S. J., 1 Aug 2017, Castles and Galleys: A reassessment of the historic galley-castles of the Norse-Gaelic seaways. Martin, P. (ed.). Laxay: Islands Book Trust, p. 226-248 23 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

12th Century

Orkney

Feudalism

Kingship

Placement