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Official bluesky presence of the Save Wemyss Ancient Caves Society (SWACS). Charitable society established 1986 to promote & protect the historic Wemyss Caves and their precious carvings.
We still have some spaces left on our #BeachOfDreams festival tour.
If you are interested in the Fife coast and how it has changed over time, join us on our 'Then & Now' tour.

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Select tickets – Wemyss Caves: Then & Now – Wemyss Caves Visitor Centre
A guided tour exploring the Wemyss Caves and adjacent coastline, looking at the photographic evidence of change over the past 1...
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May 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Our 'Then & Now' tour will depart slightly from our usual format, and will try to show the landscape changes around the caves with old and current photographs, which we will also exhibit in our museum.
All are welcome!
May 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The weather forecast is great, and there are still places available for our free guided tours this Sunday.

Grab your tickets and get more information here: www.tickettailor.com/events/savew...

#free #LocalHistory #localheritage #wemysscaves #Fife #FifeCoastalPath
Select tickets – Wemyss Caves Pictish Carvings - Full Guided Tour and Museum – Terras Hall
The Wemyss Caves Come and see the largest collection of Pictish carvings anywhere - still in the place they were made over 1,50...
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May 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We love those.
Also:
Support the Northern Picts Project!
To celebrate the NewYear FREE UK POST THIS WEEKEND!

At the NPixts Online Store - each purchase helps us do more research on the Picts!

This weekend from now to midnight Sunday there is free UK post)

[https://npixts.teemill.com/](npixts.teemill.com?fbclid=IwAR1...)
January 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Season's Greetings to all of our followers who might be celebrating.
December 25, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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Are you interested in Scotland's rock art?

Please take part in our rock art survey to help us identify key sites and research gaps: bit.ly/3OZ9o67

Your views will feed into a series of RSE funded workshops being planned for 2025 and guide future research into rock art in Scotland.

#HESSupported
December 18, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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The award-winning SCAPE Trust is a Registered Charity and a Company established in 2001. We work with the public on the archaeology, history and past environments of the coastal zone of Scotland.

scapetrust.org/who-we-are/
December 18, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Here's a wee update on the human remains found on our site just over a year ago.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/fife...
East Weymss skeleton find captivated Fife community - what happened next?
Site warden Stuart Cook stumbled on human remains in the wake of Storm Fergus. Could the burial ritual suggest the bones were from the Bronze Age?
www.thecourier.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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Anyway.
An archaeology break with a thread !
I want you to look at this lovely photo which belongs to the National Museums Northern Ireland. It's a turf travois up in 19th c Glendun. Now zoom on the harness ( welcome to my life ). Notice anything ? It's all straw
November 30, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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This is great! Dr Shalen Prado talks about Pictish plant uses and her research on phytoliths and ceramic sherds to help uncover what plant-based eating looked like for this the Picts. See also our recent publication: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bq1...
Season 9 Ep 12 | Uncovering Medieval Pictish Foodways through Paleobotany with Dr. Shalen Prado
YouTube video by AnthroDish
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November 19, 2024 at 8:03 PM
The weather forecast for the weekend looks great, and the #LevenmouthRailway is opening!
Why not come visit us, or book a tour?
Here is the direct booking link:
www.tickettailor.com/events/savew...

#Fife #FifeCoastalPath #LocalHistory #Pictish #Cave #Graffiti
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May 31, 2024 at 5:58 AM
There are still places available on the 2:30pm free guided tour this Sunday.

Grab your tickets and get more information here: www.tickettailor.com/events/savew...

#free #LocalHistory #localheritage #wemysscaves #Fife #FifeCoastalPath
April 3, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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If you want to join one of my (or my son's, or any of our other excellent guides') tours this spring and summer, now is the time to book!
We are starting back up from the 7th of April, from our freshly refurbished visitor centre, and I really look forward to showing folks the caves again.
Booking is now available for our Sunday guided tours. They will run from April 7th through to the end of September.
Follow this link (also in bio) to book your place! wemysscaves.org/visitor-cent...
March 18, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Our museum's new flooring is laid, now to put everything to rights before we get visitors again from the 7th April.
March 24, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Booking is now available for our Sunday guided tours. They will run from April 7th through to the end of September.
Follow this link (also in bio) to book your place! wemysscaves.org/visitor-cent...
March 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Hello!

We are SWACS (Save the Wemyss Ancient Caves Society), who are looking after the caves on the Wemyss coast. Our caves area filled with Pictish, Medieval and more modern carvings, and we run free tours from April to October.

If you fancy booking a tour or see more: wemysscaves.org
March 9, 2024 at 3:00 PM