Bruce Mann
@diggermann.bsky.social
Regional Archaeologist for Moray, Aberdeenshire, Angus & Aberdeen City Councils, Scotland. Happiest when exploring, helping to manage our heritage as best I can! All views my own.
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Bruce Mann
@diggermann.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Small ideas can lead to real change. It started as an idea for helping contractors in #Aberdeenshire now it’s a new standard across Scotland for delivering public benefit and adding social value in developer-led archaeology. We still need to do more, but it’s a start www.algao.org.uk/index.php/ne...
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Most read in HGR:
'Looking Up for prehistoric hunter-gatherer archaeological sites in mountain landscapes in Europe' by @arctic-glacial.bsky.social, @diggermann.bsky.social, @graemewarren.bsky.social et al.
Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/HGR-EUR
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social
'Looking Up for prehistoric hunter-gatherer archaeological sites in mountain landscapes in Europe' by @arctic-glacial.bsky.social, @diggermann.bsky.social, @graemewarren.bsky.social et al.
Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/HGR-EUR
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Most read in HGR:
'Looking Up for prehistoric hunter-gatherer archaeological sites in mountain landscapes in Europe' by @arctic-glacial.bsky.social, @diggermann.bsky.social, @graemewarren.bsky.social et al.
Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/HGR-EUR
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social
'Looking Up for prehistoric hunter-gatherer archaeological sites in mountain landscapes in Europe' by @arctic-glacial.bsky.social, @diggermann.bsky.social, @graemewarren.bsky.social et al.
Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/HGR-EUR
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social
Get creative by taking part in a competition to explain what the mysterious Neolithic Carved Stone Balls were used for. The competition is free, there are prizes, and the closing date is 19/09/2025 - see imagination-works.uk/competition/ for details and the online entry #pubarch #archaeology
July 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Get creative by taking part in a competition to explain what the mysterious Neolithic Carved Stone Balls were used for. The competition is free, there are prizes, and the closing date is 19/09/2025 - see imagination-works.uk/competition/ for details and the online entry #pubarch #archaeology
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The Later Prehistoric Finds Group (LPFG) have made the leap over to Bluesky!
Follow us if you are interested in Later Prehistoric Finds!
You can find our website here: laterprehistoricfinds.com
#Archaeology #LaterPrehistory @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
Follow us if you are interested in Later Prehistoric Finds!
You can find our website here: laterprehistoricfinds.com
#Archaeology #LaterPrehistory @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
The Later Prehistoric Finds Group
Promoting the Study of Bronze Age and Iron Age Finds in Britain and Europe
laterprehistoricfinds.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The Later Prehistoric Finds Group (LPFG) have made the leap over to Bluesky!
Follow us if you are interested in Later Prehistoric Finds!
You can find our website here: laterprehistoricfinds.com
#Archaeology #LaterPrehistory @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
Follow us if you are interested in Later Prehistoric Finds!
You can find our website here: laterprehistoricfinds.com
#Archaeology #LaterPrehistory @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
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"Recently, there’s been a push to restore, reforest and rewild some of [Scotland's Highland & Island] landscapes" 🌲
@eddiecstewart.bsky.social explains how through archaeology we can challenge imagined “wild” pasts while still responding to the climate crisis: www.digitscotland.com/a-people-les...
@eddiecstewart.bsky.social explains how through archaeology we can challenge imagined “wild” pasts while still responding to the climate crisis: www.digitscotland.com/a-people-les...
April 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Recently, there’s been a push to restore, reforest and rewild some of [Scotland's Highland & Island] landscapes" 🌲
@eddiecstewart.bsky.social explains how through archaeology we can challenge imagined “wild” pasts while still responding to the climate crisis: www.digitscotland.com/a-people-les...
@eddiecstewart.bsky.social explains how through archaeology we can challenge imagined “wild” pasts while still responding to the climate crisis: www.digitscotland.com/a-people-les...
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NEW SAIR: Prehistoric and Medieval Activity at Grantown Road, Forres, Morayshire
Read the latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, our open access peer-reviewed journal of excavations and large-scale surveys conducted in Scotland: journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sa...
Read the latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, our open access peer-reviewed journal of excavations and large-scale surveys conducted in Scotland: journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sa...
May 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
NEW SAIR: Prehistoric and Medieval Activity at Grantown Road, Forres, Morayshire
Read the latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, our open access peer-reviewed journal of excavations and large-scale surveys conducted in Scotland: journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sa...
Read the latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, our open access peer-reviewed journal of excavations and large-scale surveys conducted in Scotland: journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sa...
Archaeology, wellbeing, enthusiastic volunteers, the Aberdeenshire countryside and the chance to learn about the Mesolithic - see below for more details of this event being delivered by one of our amazing groups in the region. #pubarch
April 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Archaeology, wellbeing, enthusiastic volunteers, the Aberdeenshire countryside and the chance to learn about the Mesolithic - see below for more details of this event being delivered by one of our amazing groups in the region. #pubarch
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Dunnideer Hillfort, near the village of Insch in Aberdeenshire. The fort is Iron Age in date, with the remains of a 13th-century tower within its ramparts. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #Prehistory #Aberdeenshire #Archaeology
April 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Dunnideer Hillfort, near the village of Insch in Aberdeenshire. The fort is Iron Age in date, with the remains of a 13th-century tower within its ramparts. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #Prehistory #Aberdeenshire #Archaeology
In case you have missed it, the new #EAC guidelines on #LiDAR in #archaeology have now been published. It was a real joy to be a small part of the team who contributed to this, and a true pan-European collaborative endeavour!
Available at zenodo.org/records/1460...
Available at zenodo.org/records/1460...
April 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In case you have missed it, the new #EAC guidelines on #LiDAR in #archaeology have now been published. It was a real joy to be a small part of the team who contributed to this, and a true pan-European collaborative endeavour!
Available at zenodo.org/records/1460...
Available at zenodo.org/records/1460...
The sands are shifting once again along the Aberdeenshire coastline, this time exposing a previously unknown WWII coastal defence structure in the sands at Foveran, Newburgh. Not sure if a pillbox or something else. Thanks to the member of the public for taking the time to report it #archaeology
April 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The sands are shifting once again along the Aberdeenshire coastline, this time exposing a previously unknown WWII coastal defence structure in the sands at Foveran, Newburgh. Not sure if a pillbox or something else. Thanks to the member of the public for taking the time to report it #archaeology
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Nice coffee and visit to Mill of Benholm - worth a visit such a lovely location millofbenholm.scot
March 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Nice coffee and visit to Mill of Benholm - worth a visit such a lovely location millofbenholm.scot
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"If we tried to save every archaeological site, we would never build anything new again" 🚧
What happens when sites are found through development? And why aren't all discoveries made through developer-led archaeology saved? @diggermann.bsky.social explains: www.digitscotland.com/what-happens...
What happens when sites are found through development? And why aren't all discoveries made through developer-led archaeology saved? @diggermann.bsky.social explains: www.digitscotland.com/what-happens...
February 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"If we tried to save every archaeological site, we would never build anything new again" 🚧
What happens when sites are found through development? And why aren't all discoveries made through developer-led archaeology saved? @diggermann.bsky.social explains: www.digitscotland.com/what-happens...
What happens when sites are found through development? And why aren't all discoveries made through developer-led archaeology saved? @diggermann.bsky.social explains: www.digitscotland.com/what-happens...
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Great demonstration why we have a PhD advertised on coastal erosion at coastal forts. Pic left shows erosion scar on grass where a huge section of cultural deposits beneath are beginning to slump into sea. Pic Right shows more erosion @drtobydriver.bsky.social @diggermann.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Great demonstration why we have a PhD advertised on coastal erosion at coastal forts. Pic left shows erosion scar on grass where a huge section of cultural deposits beneath are beginning to slump into sea. Pic Right shows more erosion @drtobydriver.bsky.social @diggermann.bsky.social
The annual Archaeological Research in Progress Conference (ARP), will be in Edinburgh, Sat 3 May 2025. The programme will reflect the most exciting, new and important archaeological research across Scotland.
The call for papers is open now, you can find out more @ www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
The call for papers is open now, you can find out more @ www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
Call For Papers - 2025 Archaeological Research in Progress Conference - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is delighted to invite proposals for papers for our upcoming Archaeological Research in Progress (ARP) conference. The Conference The ARP conference is a one-...
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January 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The annual Archaeological Research in Progress Conference (ARP), will be in Edinburgh, Sat 3 May 2025. The programme will reflect the most exciting, new and important archaeological research across Scotland.
The call for papers is open now, you can find out more @ www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
The call for papers is open now, you can find out more @ www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
Pioneering spirit: Exploring the archaeology and history of The Glenlivet whisky is shortlisted for Current Archaeology’s Research Project of the Year. This includes work in Aberdeenshire!
Voting is now open archaeology.co.uk/vote-now and I ask that you support this excellent project by the NTS
Voting is now open archaeology.co.uk/vote-now and I ask that you support this excellent project by the NTS
Current Archaeology Awards - Current Archaeology
Voting has now opened for the Current Archaeology Awards! Which people, projects and publications deserve recognition?
archaeology.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Pioneering spirit: Exploring the archaeology and history of The Glenlivet whisky is shortlisted for Current Archaeology’s Research Project of the Year. This includes work in Aberdeenshire!
Voting is now open archaeology.co.uk/vote-now and I ask that you support this excellent project by the NTS
Voting is now open archaeology.co.uk/vote-now and I ask that you support this excellent project by the NTS
A nice Friday distraction for you - a snapshot from inside the Culsh Souterrain #Aberdeenshire These Iron Age structures, largely sitting underground, are were probably used for storing food and other goods. This example, emptied in 1850AD by the local farmer, is 10.4m long, 1.8m wide and 1.7m high.
January 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A nice Friday distraction for you - a snapshot from inside the Culsh Souterrain #Aberdeenshire These Iron Age structures, largely sitting underground, are were probably used for storing food and other goods. This example, emptied in 1850AD by the local farmer, is 10.4m long, 1.8m wide and 1.7m high.
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In 1846 Frederick Douglass addressed over 70 meetings in Scotland. From 15 January we will begin once more posting about each one on their anniversary, with links to the full texts of newspaper reports of them.
January 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
In 1846 Frederick Douglass addressed over 70 meetings in Scotland. From 15 January we will begin once more posting about each one on their anniversary, with links to the full texts of newspaper reports of them.
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Hello! TAFAC has migrated to Bluesky. We'd like to announce our new journal for 2024 (TAFAJ 30) was published in December and you can read it online for free, along with loads of other journals from past years. Please enjoy - for free www.tafac.org.uk/category/pub...
January 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hello! TAFAC has migrated to Bluesky. We'd like to announce our new journal for 2024 (TAFAJ 30) was published in December and you can read it online for free, along with loads of other journals from past years. Please enjoy - for free www.tafac.org.uk/category/pub...
Here's a little festive present to you all. A wintry aerial photo of New Kinord, Dinnet #Aberdeenshire showing the snow-clad stone footings of an Iron Age settlement. The remains are a mixture of roundhouses, enclosures, and a souterrain (a form of semi-underground structure, probably for storage).
December 19, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Here's a little festive present to you all. A wintry aerial photo of New Kinord, Dinnet #Aberdeenshire showing the snow-clad stone footings of an Iron Age settlement. The remains are a mixture of roundhouses, enclosures, and a souterrain (a form of semi-underground structure, probably for storage).
Looking out from the main entrance way of the Early Medieval hillfort which surrounds the striking granite tor of the Mither Tap, Bennachie in #Aberdeenshire Recent excavations by @northernpicts.bsky.social has started to reveal just how important this Pictish stonghold was at the time. #archaeology
December 10, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Looking out from the main entrance way of the Early Medieval hillfort which surrounds the striking granite tor of the Mither Tap, Bennachie in #Aberdeenshire Recent excavations by @northernpicts.bsky.social has started to reveal just how important this Pictish stonghold was at the time. #archaeology
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For #IronworkThursday, here’s a fine row of grave enclosures along the south wall of the Kirk at Fyvie, Aberdeenshire.
December 5, 2024 at 7:55 PM
For #IronworkThursday, here’s a fine row of grave enclosures along the south wall of the Kirk at Fyvie, Aberdeenshire.
Enjoy a selection of medieval faces from Elgin Cathedral #Moray #Scotland The skill of the stone masons never ceases to impress me, especially as these carvings would have been so high up that most people at the time wouldn’t have fully appreciated the level of detail. #Archaeology
December 1, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Enjoy a selection of medieval faces from Elgin Cathedral #Moray #Scotland The skill of the stone masons never ceases to impress me, especially as these carvings would have been so high up that most people at the time wouldn’t have fully appreciated the level of detail. #Archaeology
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Photograph of 'The Serpent Stone' at Newton House, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, by B Diveri, 1901
November 25, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Photograph of 'The Serpent Stone' at Newton House, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, by B Diveri, 1901
#FindsFriday Known about for years, this early 19thC iron-plate boat, 4.8m long, was finally rescued in 2022, conserved and now displayed in Garioch Heritage Centre, Inverurie #Aberdeenshire Research shows it's an incredibly rare example of an ice-breaker used on the former Inverurie-Aberdeen Canal.
November 22, 2024 at 12:58 PM
#FindsFriday Known about for years, this early 19thC iron-plate boat, 4.8m long, was finally rescued in 2022, conserved and now displayed in Garioch Heritage Centre, Inverurie #Aberdeenshire Research shows it's an incredibly rare example of an ice-breaker used on the former Inverurie-Aberdeen Canal.
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Thanks to the various people who've followed in the past few days. Anyone interested in my research can find a recent article here: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
Slavery, Colonialism and Civic Culture: The Development of Philanthropic Institutions in North East Scotland | Northern Scotland
This article explores the links between the development of civic culture, philanthropic endeavours, and the proceeds of enslavement and colonialism in North East Scotland. Assessment of the financial ...
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November 20, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Thanks to the various people who've followed in the past few days. Anyone interested in my research can find a recent article here: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...