Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
@socantscot.bsky.social
A membership charity founded in 1780 that supports the study and enjoyment of Scotland’s past through publications, lectures, @scarf-scot.bsky.social, @digitscotland.bsky.social, @churchheritage.bsky.social and more | Visit https://www.socantscot.org/
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Thanks to the support of our Fellows, we are able to facilitate research and innovation, advocate as an independent voice for heritage, and share knowledge of the past.
In addition to helping to support the Society, there are many benefits of Fellowship: www.socantscot.org/join/
In addition to helping to support the Society, there are many benefits of Fellowship: www.socantscot.org/join/
ONLINE FELLOWS’ MEETING: Scotland’s Earliest Megalithic Monuments
In 2024, we awarded funding to @archscot.bsky.social to investigate Scotland’s Early Neolithic megalithic chambered and passage tombs. Hear an update at this Fellows-only event on 13 November: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...
In 2024, we awarded funding to @archscot.bsky.social to investigate Scotland’s Early Neolithic megalithic chambered and passage tombs. Hear an update at this Fellows-only event on 13 November: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
ONLINE FELLOWS’ MEETING: Scotland’s Earliest Megalithic Monuments
In 2024, we awarded funding to @archscot.bsky.social to investigate Scotland’s Early Neolithic megalithic chambered and passage tombs. Hear an update at this Fellows-only event on 13 November: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...
In 2024, we awarded funding to @archscot.bsky.social to investigate Scotland’s Early Neolithic megalithic chambered and passage tombs. Hear an update at this Fellows-only event on 13 November: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...
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"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...
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Fundraising Officer @socantscot.bsky.social - help build relationships with major donors, trusts, and corporate partners, develop inspiring fundraising materials, and contribute to communications and events.
🕔Full time
💵£29,200
📌Edinburgh
tinyurl.com/mrxheaf4
#fundraising #hybrid
🕔Full time
💵£29,200
📌Edinburgh
tinyurl.com/mrxheaf4
#fundraising #hybrid
Fundraising Officer with Society of Antiquaries of Scotland – Goodmoves
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is seeking a talented Fundraising Officer to join us at a pivotal moment in our history. As we approach our 250th anniversary, we are launching an ambitio...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Fundraising Officer @socantscot.bsky.social - help build relationships with major donors, trusts, and corporate partners, develop inspiring fundraising materials, and contribute to communications and events.
🕔Full time
💵£29,200
📌Edinburgh
tinyurl.com/mrxheaf4
#fundraising #hybrid
🕔Full time
💵£29,200
📌Edinburgh
tinyurl.com/mrxheaf4
#fundraising #hybrid
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
WORK WITH US: Fundraising Officer
We are seeking a Fundraising Officer to join at a pivotal moment in our history as we launch a fundraising campaign to purchase and redevelop a listed building beside the National Museum of Scotland.
Find out more and apply: www.socantscot.org/news/work-wi...
We are seeking a Fundraising Officer to join at a pivotal moment in our history as we launch a fundraising campaign to purchase and redevelop a listed building beside the National Museum of Scotland.
Find out more and apply: www.socantscot.org/news/work-wi...
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
WORK WITH US: Fundraising Officer
We are seeking a Fundraising Officer to join at a pivotal moment in our history as we launch a fundraising campaign to purchase and redevelop a listed building beside the National Museum of Scotland.
Find out more and apply: www.socantscot.org/news/work-wi...
We are seeking a Fundraising Officer to join at a pivotal moment in our history as we launch a fundraising campaign to purchase and redevelop a listed building beside the National Museum of Scotland.
Find out more and apply: www.socantscot.org/news/work-wi...
HELP US PRINT: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
HELP US PRINT: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
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A new blog post is live! This one takes a closer looks at our fieldwork in Inverness, exploring churches, communities and stories. Read our full reflections here! churchheritage.scot/2025/11/03/o...
#ReACH #churchheritage #fieldwork
#ReACH #churchheritage #fieldwork
our inverness church fieldwork journey – Research in Action on Church Heritage
churchheritage.scot
November 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A new blog post is live! This one takes a closer looks at our fieldwork in Inverness, exploring churches, communities and stories. Read our full reflections here! churchheritage.scot/2025/11/03/o...
#ReACH #churchheritage #fieldwork
#ReACH #churchheritage #fieldwork
GRANTS DEADLINE: 30 November
There is only one month left to submit your funding application for the next round of Society Research Grants, which are available to anyone wishing to undertake high-quality research relating to Scotland’s past: www.socantscot.org/grants-prize...
There is only one month left to submit your funding application for the next round of Society Research Grants, which are available to anyone wishing to undertake high-quality research relating to Scotland’s past: www.socantscot.org/grants-prize...
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
GRANTS DEADLINE: 30 November
There is only one month left to submit your funding application for the next round of Society Research Grants, which are available to anyone wishing to undertake high-quality research relating to Scotland’s past: www.socantscot.org/grants-prize...
There is only one month left to submit your funding application for the next round of Society Research Grants, which are available to anyone wishing to undertake high-quality research relating to Scotland’s past: www.socantscot.org/grants-prize...
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Just in time for Halloween, a new Pictish vision of hell
In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned
Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus
doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned
Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus
doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
October 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Just in time for Halloween, a new Pictish vision of hell
In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned
Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus
doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned
Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus
doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
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We'll be at the @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social conference this Saturday at Rothes Halls, Glenrothes. Looking forward to some excellent talks and chatting to guests at our @socantscot.bsky.social stall.
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
Looking forward to meeting up with all our exhibitors at the next TAFAC Conference on Saturday, 1 November in Glenrothes. For friendly archaeological chats and information, bargain books and quirky gifts, our lovely stallholders are getting ready to meet you.
October 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We'll be at the @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social conference this Saturday at Rothes Halls, Glenrothes. Looking forward to some excellent talks and chatting to guests at our @socantscot.bsky.social stall.
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
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For now, you can read my initial report for @socantscot.bsky.social from when they graciously funded my research trip to NMS to undertake some comparative analysis of faunal and human bone.
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Ritual and Funerary Rites in Later Prehistoric Scotland - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Faunal analysis from the Covesea Caves highlight the diversity of the species composition
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October 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
For now, you can read my initial report for @socantscot.bsky.social from when they graciously funded my research trip to NMS to undertake some comparative analysis of faunal and human bone.
www.socantscot.org/society-fund...
www.socantscot.org/society-fund...
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Should note that I was only here today because I was attending a meeting for @socantscot.bsky.social, where I’ve been a Fellow for nearly a decade and have been lucky enough to be a Council Member for most of this year.
And you can become a Fellow too! ⬇️
www.socantscot.org/join/
And you can become a Fellow too! ⬇️
www.socantscot.org/join/
Join Us
Fellows (members) of the Society are an essential part of the charity with one common passion – Scotland’s past.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Should note that I was only here today because I was attending a meeting for @socantscot.bsky.social, where I’ve been a Fellow for nearly a decade and have been lucky enough to be a Council Member for most of this year.
And you can become a Fellow too! ⬇️
www.socantscot.org/join/
And you can become a Fellow too! ⬇️
www.socantscot.org/join/
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We're looking forward to SAF 2025 this weekend in Edinburgh with @digitscotland.bsky.social and @churchheritage.bsky.social.
Stop by the @socantscot.bsky.social stall and say hello!
Stop by the @socantscot.bsky.social stall and say hello!
We are onto the last few available in person tickets for this years conference ‘Building Bridges: Connecting Scotland’s Archaeological Community’.
To join the conversation, head to scotarchforum.com/saf2025
To join the conversation, head to scotarchforum.com/saf2025
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We're looking forward to SAF 2025 this weekend in Edinburgh with @digitscotland.bsky.social and @churchheritage.bsky.social.
Stop by the @socantscot.bsky.social stall and say hello!
Stop by the @socantscot.bsky.social stall and say hello!
We were delighted to support the recent underwater excavation of a rare medieval crannog in Easter Ross.
The project hoped to ascertain the chronology of the Loch Achilty site from first construction to abandonment. See what the team got up to on BBC Scotland's Landward, tonight at 8:30pm.
The project hoped to ascertain the chronology of the Loch Achilty site from first construction to abandonment. See what the team got up to on BBC Scotland's Landward, tonight at 8:30pm.
October 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We were delighted to support the recent underwater excavation of a rare medieval crannog in Easter Ross.
The project hoped to ascertain the chronology of the Loch Achilty site from first construction to abandonment. See what the team got up to on BBC Scotland's Landward, tonight at 8:30pm.
The project hoped to ascertain the chronology of the Loch Achilty site from first construction to abandonment. See what the team got up to on BBC Scotland's Landward, tonight at 8:30pm.
ONLINE FELLOWS’ MEETING: Getting Started with Family History
Find out how to get started researching your family history, particularly in Scotland, and why you might consider commissioning a professional researcher at this Fellows-only event on 30 October: www.socantscot.org/events/onlin...
Find out how to get started researching your family history, particularly in Scotland, and why you might consider commissioning a professional researcher at this Fellows-only event on 30 October: www.socantscot.org/events/onlin...
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
ONLINE FELLOWS’ MEETING: Getting Started with Family History
Find out how to get started researching your family history, particularly in Scotland, and why you might consider commissioning a professional researcher at this Fellows-only event on 30 October: www.socantscot.org/events/onlin...
Find out how to get started researching your family history, particularly in Scotland, and why you might consider commissioning a professional researcher at this Fellows-only event on 30 October: www.socantscot.org/events/onlin...
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Our October newsletter is full of exciting updates, including our recent SWSARF events and the upcoming SESARF launch at the Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders Archaeological Committee conference!
You can read the full newsletter here: bit.ly/48FiHDj
You can read the full newsletter here: bit.ly/48FiHDj
October 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Our October newsletter is full of exciting updates, including our recent SWSARF events and the upcoming SESARF launch at the Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders Archaeological Committee conference!
You can read the full newsletter here: bit.ly/48FiHDj
You can read the full newsletter here: bit.ly/48FiHDj
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"There's no castle here" however Finlaggan's dig director David Caldwell thought before he led a multi year excavation there. Find out how he changed his mind with a castle not thought to exist including when and by whom it was built by: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2025/10...
October 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"There's no castle here" however Finlaggan's dig director David Caldwell thought before he led a multi year excavation there. Find out how he changed his mind with a castle not thought to exist including when and by whom it was built by: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2025/10...
We are pleased to be supporting this event, which includes a talk on Ursula Clark’s photographs for ‘Architecture of Scotland’ by George Hay. A Fellow of the Society from 1953 to 1986, George was one of the most accomplished practitioners and interpreters of the distinctive architecture of Scotland.
Shifting Perspectives: Scotland's Urban Architecture Through the Lens will explore how photography has shaped and recorded the urban architectural heritage of Scotland.
Find out more and book your space here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shifting-p...
Find out more and book your space here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shifting-p...
Shifting Perspectives: Scotland's Urban Architecture Through the Lens
The conference will explore how photography has shaped and recorded the urban architectural heritage of Scotland.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We are pleased to be supporting this event, which includes a talk on Ursula Clark’s photographs for ‘Architecture of Scotland’ by George Hay. A Fellow of the Society from 1953 to 1986, George was one of the most accomplished practitioners and interpreters of the distinctive architecture of Scotland.
Did you know that our Head of Research @helspencer.bsky.social is the Aim 2 Lead for the Scotland’s Strategic Archaeology Committee? If you would also like to be involved, they are looking for a new chair to lead the committee as it launches Scotland’s next Archaeology Strategy in Spring 2026.
Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy Committee needs a new Chair! Are you interested in leading the committee as it launches Scotland’s next Archaeology Strategy in the Spring of 2026? Follow the link below to learn more about the role and how to apply.
archaeologystrategy.scot/scotlands-ar...
archaeologystrategy.scot/scotlands-ar...
October 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Did you know that our Head of Research @helspencer.bsky.social is the Aim 2 Lead for the Scotland’s Strategic Archaeology Committee? If you would also like to be involved, they are looking for a new chair to lead the committee as it launches Scotland’s next Archaeology Strategy in Spring 2026.
NEW SAIR: From 2019-2020, archaeologists uncovered a significant site along the River Spey, comprising multiple phases of settlement, funerary activity, and craftworking.
Get the whole story in our latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report (SAIR): journals.socantscot.org/index.../sai...
Get the whole story in our latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report (SAIR): journals.socantscot.org/index.../sai...
October 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
NEW SAIR: From 2019-2020, archaeologists uncovered a significant site along the River Spey, comprising multiple phases of settlement, funerary activity, and craftworking.
Get the whole story in our latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report (SAIR): journals.socantscot.org/index.../sai...
Get the whole story in our latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report (SAIR): journals.socantscot.org/index.../sai...
NEW ScARF CHAPTERS: Our @scarf-scot.bsky.social project are busy creating a free online resource bringing together everything archaeologists currently know about South West Scotland's complex past.
Want a preview? Read (and comment on) the first three draft chapters here: scarf.scot/regional/sws...
Want a preview? Read (and comment on) the first three draft chapters here: scarf.scot/regional/sws...
October 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NEW ScARF CHAPTERS: Our @scarf-scot.bsky.social project are busy creating a free online resource bringing together everything archaeologists currently know about South West Scotland's complex past.
Want a preview? Read (and comment on) the first three draft chapters here: scarf.scot/regional/sws...
Want a preview? Read (and comment on) the first three draft chapters here: scarf.scot/regional/sws...
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"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
October 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"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
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"At this moment, it is vital to learn from our histories of violence, but also of solidarity and resistance, to build a better future for us all." - Amy Rich, CRER
As part of #BHM25, discover how colonial histories shape Glasgow, its museums and its people: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...
As part of #BHM25, discover how colonial histories shape Glasgow, its museums and its people: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...
September 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"At this moment, it is vital to learn from our histories of violence, but also of solidarity and resistance, to build a better future for us all." - Amy Rich, CRER
As part of #BHM25, discover how colonial histories shape Glasgow, its museums and its people: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...
As part of #BHM25, discover how colonial histories shape Glasgow, its museums and its people: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...
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For over 240 years, our Fellows have used the post-nominals FSAScot to identify themselves as part of Scotland's oldest antiquarian society.
If you would like to become a Fellow in 2025 and help play an active role in safeguarding Scotland’s past, apply before 30 September: www.socantscot.org/join/
If you would like to become a Fellow in 2025 and help play an active role in safeguarding Scotland’s past, apply before 30 September: www.socantscot.org/join/
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
For over 240 years, our Fellows have used the post-nominals FSAScot to identify themselves as part of Scotland's oldest antiquarian society.
If you would like to become a Fellow in 2025 and help play an active role in safeguarding Scotland’s past, apply before 30 September: www.socantscot.org/join/
If you would like to become a Fellow in 2025 and help play an active role in safeguarding Scotland’s past, apply before 30 September: www.socantscot.org/join/
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"Whoever carved the Ardross wolf has seen the real thing" 🐺
Now on display in Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, the famous Ardross Wolf Stone was probably created over 1,000 years before these animals were persecuted to extinction in Britain around 1760: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Now on display in Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, the famous Ardross Wolf Stone was probably created over 1,000 years before these animals were persecuted to extinction in Britain around 1760: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
September 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"Whoever carved the Ardross wolf has seen the real thing" 🐺
Now on display in Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, the famous Ardross Wolf Stone was probably created over 1,000 years before these animals were persecuted to extinction in Britain around 1760: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Now on display in Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, the famous Ardross Wolf Stone was probably created over 1,000 years before these animals were persecuted to extinction in Britain around 1760: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...