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You can find the second of our 'Fireside stories from Glencoe' series here: glencoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/t...
This post explores the story of the Glencoe Hoard (discovered in 2023) and is based on research by @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social Dr Jesper Ericsson.
This post explores the story of the Glencoe Hoard (discovered in 2023) and is based on research by @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social Dr Jesper Ericsson.
The Chief’s coin pot: Fireside stories from Glencoe
A story by Dr Edward Stewart Alisdair Mac Alisdair Ruadh (‘Alexander son of red-haired Alexander’) Chief of the MacIain MacDonalds of Glencoe. The chief, an old man now, sits by the fir…
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December 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You can find the second of our 'Fireside stories from Glencoe' series here: glencoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/t...
This post explores the story of the Glencoe Hoard (discovered in 2023) and is based on research by @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social Dr Jesper Ericsson.
This post explores the story of the Glencoe Hoard (discovered in 2023) and is based on research by @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social Dr Jesper Ericsson.
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You can find the first of our 'fireside stories from Glencoe' series over the festive break here: glencoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/b...
This story by Prof Michael Given @uofgartshums.bsky.social explores a local *character* of Glencoe Big Archie!
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This story by Prof Michael Given @uofgartshums.bsky.social explores a local *character* of Glencoe Big Archie!
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Big Archie and the Stranger: Fireside stories from Glencoe
A story by Prof Michael Given The great thing about having a fire in the middle of the room is that you can sit round it. Everyone gets a share of the warmth, and no one is closer than anyone else.…
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December 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
You can find the first of our 'fireside stories from Glencoe' series over the festive break here: glencoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/b...
This story by Prof Michael Given @uofgartshums.bsky.social explores a local *character* of Glencoe Big Archie!
@nts-archaeology.bsky.social
This story by Prof Michael Given @uofgartshums.bsky.social explores a local *character* of Glencoe Big Archie!
@nts-archaeology.bsky.social
Earlier this year, volunteers helped uncover rare Bronze Age structures in Shetland, including a complex burnt mound (a by-product of boiling water) 🍻
The purpose of this 2,500-year-old technique remains a mystery, with theories ranging from brewing to saunas: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
The purpose of this 2,500-year-old technique remains a mystery, with theories ranging from brewing to saunas: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
December 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Earlier this year, volunteers helped uncover rare Bronze Age structures in Shetland, including a complex burnt mound (a by-product of boiling water) 🍻
The purpose of this 2,500-year-old technique remains a mystery, with theories ranging from brewing to saunas: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
The purpose of this 2,500-year-old technique remains a mystery, with theories ranging from brewing to saunas: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Traces of Neolithic feasting, possible evidence of a Roman siege, and an amulet once thought to be imbued with supernatural power are just some of Scotland's top archaeological discoveries from 2025 🤩
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Traces of Neolithic feasting, possible evidence of a Roman siege, and an amulet once thought to be imbued with supernatural power are just some of Scotland's top archaeological discoveries from 2025 🤩
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
In 1963, a Viking-Age grave containing a bronze mount decorated with a wolf was discovered on a Westness farm in Orkney 🐺
It's one of many traces of this predator—which roamed Scotland for millennia after the last ice age—that have been found by archaeologists: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
It's one of many traces of this predator—which roamed Scotland for millennia after the last ice age—that have been found by archaeologists: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
In 1963, a Viking-Age grave containing a bronze mount decorated with a wolf was discovered on a Westness farm in Orkney 🐺
It's one of many traces of this predator—which roamed Scotland for millennia after the last ice age—that have been found by archaeologists: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
It's one of many traces of this predator—which roamed Scotland for millennia after the last ice age—that have been found by archaeologists: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Despite being visible to hundreds of people daily crossing the Erskine Bridge, this prehistoric water dwelling is relatively unknown 🌊
But Erskine crannog in West Dunbartonshire has offered us many clues about how people lived on water over 2,000 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
But Erskine crannog in West Dunbartonshire has offered us many clues about how people lived on water over 2,000 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Despite being visible to hundreds of people daily crossing the Erskine Bridge, this prehistoric water dwelling is relatively unknown 🌊
But Erskine crannog in West Dunbartonshire has offered us many clues about how people lived on water over 2,000 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
But Erskine crannog in West Dunbartonshire has offered us many clues about how people lived on water over 2,000 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
In 2018, @coastarch.bsky.social raced against the tide to investigate a submerged prehistoric forest on a beach in Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Outer Hebrides) 🌳
It's one of the many sites in Scotland that are under threat from erosion and rising sea levels: www.digitscotland.com/how-to-help-...
It's one of the many sites in Scotland that are under threat from erosion and rising sea levels: www.digitscotland.com/how-to-help-...
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In 2018, @coastarch.bsky.social raced against the tide to investigate a submerged prehistoric forest on a beach in Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Outer Hebrides) 🌳
It's one of the many sites in Scotland that are under threat from erosion and rising sea levels: www.digitscotland.com/how-to-help-...
It's one of the many sites in Scotland that are under threat from erosion and rising sea levels: www.digitscotland.com/how-to-help-...
Who would you meet travelling from one place to the next in 7th-century Pictland? What could you eat at a feast? And what would the bard be singing about? 🤔
Dig into early medieval Scotland with 'Carved in Stone', one of the ideas in our archaeology gift guide: www.digitscotland.com/scottish-arc...
Dig into early medieval Scotland with 'Carved in Stone', one of the ideas in our archaeology gift guide: www.digitscotland.com/scottish-arc...
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Who would you meet travelling from one place to the next in 7th-century Pictland? What could you eat at a feast? And what would the bard be singing about? 🤔
Dig into early medieval Scotland with 'Carved in Stone', one of the ideas in our archaeology gift guide: www.digitscotland.com/scottish-arc...
Dig into early medieval Scotland with 'Carved in Stone', one of the ideas in our archaeology gift guide: www.digitscotland.com/scottish-arc...
It's thought that many Roman soldiers must have passed away while stationed at Trimontium fort in the Borders 1,900 years ago - so why have no grave sites been found? 🪦
On 11 December, hear theories on the location of the missing mausolea at this hybrid event: www.digitscotland.com/events/till-...
On 11 December, hear theories on the location of the missing mausolea at this hybrid event: www.digitscotland.com/events/till-...
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It's thought that many Roman soldiers must have passed away while stationed at Trimontium fort in the Borders 1,900 years ago - so why have no grave sites been found? 🪦
On 11 December, hear theories on the location of the missing mausolea at this hybrid event: www.digitscotland.com/events/till-...
On 11 December, hear theories on the location of the missing mausolea at this hybrid event: www.digitscotland.com/events/till-...
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A small team of diggers will return to the Ness of Brodgar in 2026, following a major programme of geophysical survey across the site.
#archaeology #excavation #Orkney #Neolithic #NessOfBrodgar #TimeTeam
#archaeology #excavation #Orkney #Neolithic #NessOfBrodgar #TimeTeam
Link: Time Team dig plans at Ness of Brodgar confirmed for 2026
A small team of diggers will return to the Ness of Brodgar in 2026, following a major programme of geophysical survey across the site.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A small team of diggers will return to the Ness of Brodgar in 2026, following a major programme of geophysical survey across the site.
#archaeology #excavation #Orkney #Neolithic #NessOfBrodgar #TimeTeam
#archaeology #excavation #Orkney #Neolithic #NessOfBrodgar #TimeTeam
In AD 871, two Viking kings successfully laid siege to a fortress on Dumbarton Rock near Glasgow ⚔️
1,100 years later, archaeologists unearthed artefacts at the site which could be connected to the siege, including an iron pommel-bar for a Viking sword: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
1,100 years later, archaeologists unearthed artefacts at the site which could be connected to the siege, including an iron pommel-bar for a Viking sword: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In AD 871, two Viking kings successfully laid siege to a fortress on Dumbarton Rock near Glasgow ⚔️
1,100 years later, archaeologists unearthed artefacts at the site which could be connected to the siege, including an iron pommel-bar for a Viking sword: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
1,100 years later, archaeologists unearthed artefacts at the site which could be connected to the siege, including an iron pommel-bar for a Viking sword: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
On the summit of a steep-sided plateau in Renfrewshire lie the remains of one of Scotland's largest hillforts 🌄
If you visit Walls Hill, you can still spot the turf and earth bank and try to imagine what life was like at this fortress over 1,600 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-renf...
If you visit Walls Hill, you can still spot the turf and earth bank and try to imagine what life was like at this fortress over 1,600 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-renf...
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
On the summit of a steep-sided plateau in Renfrewshire lie the remains of one of Scotland's largest hillforts 🌄
If you visit Walls Hill, you can still spot the turf and earth bank and try to imagine what life was like at this fortress over 1,600 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-renf...
If you visit Walls Hill, you can still spot the turf and earth bank and try to imagine what life was like at this fortress over 1,600 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-renf...
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FREE ONLINE MAGAZINE: Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland
Explore the links between archaeology and wellbeing in the 2025 edition from Scotland's Archaeology Strategy, featuring our @digitscotland.bsky.social and @scarf-scot.bsky.social projects: archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
#ScotArchStrat
Explore the links between archaeology and wellbeing in the 2025 edition from Scotland's Archaeology Strategy, featuring our @digitscotland.bsky.social and @scarf-scot.bsky.social projects: archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
#ScotArchStrat
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
FREE ONLINE MAGAZINE: Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland
Explore the links between archaeology and wellbeing in the 2025 edition from Scotland's Archaeology Strategy, featuring our @digitscotland.bsky.social and @scarf-scot.bsky.social projects: archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
#ScotArchStrat
Explore the links between archaeology and wellbeing in the 2025 edition from Scotland's Archaeology Strategy, featuring our @digitscotland.bsky.social and @scarf-scot.bsky.social projects: archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
#ScotArchStrat
Founded in the 15th century, Perth’s Carthusian priory is one of Scotland’s least understood but most historically significant medieval monastic sites ⛪
On Thursday, uncover new insights arising from documentary evidence and Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning: www.digitscotland.com/events/illum...
On Thursday, uncover new insights arising from documentary evidence and Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning: www.digitscotland.com/events/illum...
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Founded in the 15th century, Perth’s Carthusian priory is one of Scotland’s least understood but most historically significant medieval monastic sites ⛪
On Thursday, uncover new insights arising from documentary evidence and Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning: www.digitscotland.com/events/illum...
On Thursday, uncover new insights arising from documentary evidence and Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning: www.digitscotland.com/events/illum...
"The Picts emerge from the shadows and step forward in technicolour" 🤩
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"The Picts emerge from the shadows and step forward in technicolour" 🤩
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
Inscribed slates uncovered at Kilwinning Abbey in Ayrshire may offer clues about those who lived and worked there over 500 years ago ✍️
It's thought that slates carved with gaming boards may have been made by medieval monks or possibly masons and other workers: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
It's thought that slates carved with gaming boards may have been made by medieval monks or possibly masons and other workers: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Inscribed slates uncovered at Kilwinning Abbey in Ayrshire may offer clues about those who lived and worked there over 500 years ago ✍️
It's thought that slates carved with gaming boards may have been made by medieval monks or possibly masons and other workers: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
It's thought that slates carved with gaming boards may have been made by medieval monks or possibly masons and other workers: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
Want 20% off "Carved in Stone"? 📖
Remember to place your pre-orders before they close at noon on Wednesday 5 November: carved-in-stone.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Remember to place your pre-orders before they close at noon on Wednesday 5 November: carved-in-stone.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
"It’s basically the best book on the Picts ever written" 😍
Dig into 7th-century Scotland with "Carved in Stone", a comprehensive guide to the Picts with 350+ historically informed illustrations covering everything from language to fashion. Pre-order to save 20%: www.stoutstoat.co.uk/carvedinstone
Dig into 7th-century Scotland with "Carved in Stone", a comprehensive guide to the Picts with 350+ historically informed illustrations covering everything from language to fashion. Pre-order to save 20%: www.stoutstoat.co.uk/carvedinstone
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Want 20% off "Carved in Stone"? 📖
Remember to place your pre-orders before they close at noon on Wednesday 5 November: carved-in-stone.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Remember to place your pre-orders before they close at noon on Wednesday 5 November: carved-in-stone.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
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How is this tower in Dumfries & Galloway still standing after more than 650 years? 🌊
Reportedly haunted by its founder 'Archibald the Grim', Threave Castle is resistant to flood damage despite the effects of climate change due to its carefully chosen location: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-les...
Reportedly haunted by its founder 'Archibald the Grim', Threave Castle is resistant to flood damage despite the effects of climate change due to its carefully chosen location: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-les...
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
How is this tower in Dumfries & Galloway still standing after more than 650 years? 🌊
Reportedly haunted by its founder 'Archibald the Grim', Threave Castle is resistant to flood damage despite the effects of climate change due to its carefully chosen location: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-les...
Reportedly haunted by its founder 'Archibald the Grim', Threave Castle is resistant to flood damage despite the effects of climate change due to its carefully chosen location: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-les...
Carved over 2,800 years ago, Ballochmyle in East Ayrshire is home to one of Britain's most extensive areas of rock art 🧑🎨
It's even been suggested that sites like this may have been a focus for "communal performance involving sound, light, and activity": www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
It's even been suggested that sites like this may have been a focus for "communal performance involving sound, light, and activity": www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Carved over 2,800 years ago, Ballochmyle in East Ayrshire is home to one of Britain's most extensive areas of rock art 🧑🎨
It's even been suggested that sites like this may have been a focus for "communal performance involving sound, light, and activity": www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
It's even been suggested that sites like this may have been a focus for "communal performance involving sound, light, and activity": www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
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Planning permission has been granted for the first broch in 2000 years to be constructed in the Highlands
First Iron Age broch 'in 2000 years' approved for Highlands
www.thenational.scot
October 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Planning permission has been granted for the first broch in 2000 years to be constructed in the Highlands
In 1882, Andrew Watson captained the Scottish team to victory over England at a stadium in Glasgow which was thought to be lost ⚽
But with the help of volunteers, @archscot.bsky.social unearthed evidence of the pavilion and playing surface in 2021: www.digitscotland.com/uncovering-b...
#BHM25
But with the help of volunteers, @archscot.bsky.social unearthed evidence of the pavilion and playing surface in 2021: www.digitscotland.com/uncovering-b...
#BHM25
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In 1882, Andrew Watson captained the Scottish team to victory over England at a stadium in Glasgow which was thought to be lost ⚽
But with the help of volunteers, @archscot.bsky.social unearthed evidence of the pavilion and playing surface in 2021: www.digitscotland.com/uncovering-b...
#BHM25
But with the help of volunteers, @archscot.bsky.social unearthed evidence of the pavilion and playing surface in 2021: www.digitscotland.com/uncovering-b...
#BHM25
Dating back almost 6,000 years, Neolithic chambered tombs were built to hold the remains of the dead at a time of huge change for people in Scotland ⚰️
On 23 October, hear about @archscot.bsky.social's investigations into these sites at this free online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/prehi...
On 23 October, hear about @archscot.bsky.social's investigations into these sites at this free online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/prehi...
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Dating back almost 6,000 years, Neolithic chambered tombs were built to hold the remains of the dead at a time of huge change for people in Scotland ⚰️
On 23 October, hear about @archscot.bsky.social's investigations into these sites at this free online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/prehi...
On 23 October, hear about @archscot.bsky.social's investigations into these sites at this free online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/prehi...
Digs in the Highlands have found material remains connected to the 1692 Mort Ghlinne Comhann (Glencoe Massacre) ⚔️
On 20 October, join @archscot.bsky.social to discover the artefacts revealing how people lived in the glen before, during and after the tragedy: www.digitscotland.com/.../an-archa...
On 20 October, join @archscot.bsky.social to discover the artefacts revealing how people lived in the glen before, during and after the tragedy: www.digitscotland.com/.../an-archa...
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Digs in the Highlands have found material remains connected to the 1692 Mort Ghlinne Comhann (Glencoe Massacre) ⚔️
On 20 October, join @archscot.bsky.social to discover the artefacts revealing how people lived in the glen before, during and after the tragedy: www.digitscotland.com/.../an-archa...
On 20 October, join @archscot.bsky.social to discover the artefacts revealing how people lived in the glen before, during and after the tragedy: www.digitscotland.com/.../an-archa...
Why did people build Skara Brae directly on a cliff edge 5,000 years ago? 🌊
They didn't! This Neolithic village in Orkney was originally built about a mile inland and is now being hit by brutal storms and increased erosion: bit.ly/ArchaeoClima...
They didn't! This Neolithic village in Orkney was originally built about a mile inland and is now being hit by brutal storms and increased erosion: bit.ly/ArchaeoClima...
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Why did people build Skara Brae directly on a cliff edge 5,000 years ago? 🌊
They didn't! This Neolithic village in Orkney was originally built about a mile inland and is now being hit by brutal storms and increased erosion: bit.ly/ArchaeoClima...
They didn't! This Neolithic village in Orkney was originally built about a mile inland and is now being hit by brutal storms and increased erosion: bit.ly/ArchaeoClima...