Archaeology Scotland
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Inspiring people to discover, explore, care for and enjoy Scotland's archaeological heritage! We are an independent charity: https://www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk
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The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies seminar series will start next term at Birkbeck.
The topic will be Collaborative Archaeologies in (Post)Conflict Contexts. All very welcome!
The topic will be Collaborative Archaeologies in (Post)Conflict Contexts. All very welcome!
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies seminar series will start next term at Birkbeck.
The topic will be Collaborative Archaeologies in (Post)Conflict Contexts. All very welcome!
The topic will be Collaborative Archaeologies in (Post)Conflict Contexts. All very welcome!
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St Mary’s Haddington 🏴 has some remarkable medieval oak timbers in the nave roof. My #dendrochronology work there dated them to the early 1400s and revealed them as Baltic baulks from the Gdansk region.
#MedievalMonday
#MedievalMonday
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
St Mary’s Haddington 🏴 has some remarkable medieval oak timbers in the nave roof. My #dendrochronology work there dated them to the early 1400s and revealed them as Baltic baulks from the Gdansk region.
#MedievalMonday
#MedievalMonday
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Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2025 is here! This year’s issue is packed full of delightful articles featuring discoveries, important progress on sector issues, and how archaeological practices help support people and change lives. #ScotArchStrat archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
November 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2025 is here! This year’s issue is packed full of delightful articles featuring discoveries, important progress on sector issues, and how archaeological practices help support people and change lives. #ScotArchStrat archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
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A #Roman wooden barrel, once used to bring supplies to the soldiers stationed at Bar Hill fort on the Antonine Wall (Scotland) - hopefully it was a little luxury that made frontier life a bit more bearable! #AncientBlueSky
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A #Roman wooden barrel, once used to bring supplies to the soldiers stationed at Bar Hill fort on the Antonine Wall (Scotland) - hopefully it was a little luxury that made frontier life a bit more bearable! #AncientBlueSky
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OUT NOW! 📚
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology (2025) - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
The Society is delighted to announce the publication of a new edited volume in honour of Dr Anna Ritchie.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
OUT NOW! 📚
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
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Very much looking forward to Prof Driscoll’s Dalrymple lectures on 20th and 21st November on the theme of the contribution of archaeology to the story of #Glasgow850
Free for anyone to attend.
More information here:
gla.ac.uk/schools/humani…
Free for anyone to attend.
More information here:
gla.ac.uk/schools/humani…
https://gla.ac.uk/schools/humani…
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Very much looking forward to Prof Driscoll’s Dalrymple lectures on 20th and 21st November on the theme of the contribution of archaeology to the story of #Glasgow850
Free for anyone to attend.
More information here:
gla.ac.uk/schools/humani…
Free for anyone to attend.
More information here:
gla.ac.uk/schools/humani…
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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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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 phenomenal and enigmatic rock crystal and gold 'jar' of Bishop Hyguald from the heart of the Galloway Hoard is NOW on display for the first time ever. It was held back for Kirkcudbright while the rest of the Hoard continues its world tour in Melbourne (1/2)
Gold jar from Galloway Hoard on display in Kirkcudbright
It resembles a perfume bottle and a Latin inscription on it suggests it had a religious function.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The phenomenal and enigmatic rock crystal and gold 'jar' of Bishop Hyguald from the heart of the Galloway Hoard is NOW on display for the first time ever. It was held back for Kirkcudbright while the rest of the Hoard continues its world tour in Melbourne (1/2)
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'Professor Sally Foster, of the University of Stirling’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities, has now discovered the existence of this body of fragments, only one of which was officially recognised when she began her research.'
New Stone of Destiny fragments uncovered by Stirling University expert
NEW research led by Stirling University has revealed the existence and fate of many fragments of the Stone of Destiny, including those secreted away…
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November 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
'Professor Sally Foster, of the University of Stirling’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities, has now discovered the existence of this body of fragments, only one of which was officially recognised when she began her research.'
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November 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Now's your chance to make Pictish history. Please buy a copy of our Rhynie big book - you have till 6th December to order!
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 9:50 AM
Now's your chance to make Pictish history. Please buy a copy of our Rhynie big book - you have till 6th December to order!
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November #Museum30 theme 6 is #clay. Dunblane Museum has 4000-year-old pottery food vessel, discovered in 1999 during excavations for housing development in Dunblane’s Barbush. This was in child’s burial cist, part of evidence of early Bronze Age settlement youtu.be/mGl6VlJg5Qk
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November 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
November #Museum30 theme 6 is #clay. Dunblane Museum has 4000-year-old pottery food vessel, discovered in 1999 during excavations for housing development in Dunblane’s Barbush. This was in child’s burial cist, part of evidence of early Bronze Age settlement youtu.be/mGl6VlJg5Qk
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A city at peace in a world at war. ‘The Stockholm Run’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland and Sweden during World War Two. Cairnpapple Hill near Bathgate is visited by the book’s two central characters.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple:
www.arachnid.scot/book-tsr/ind...
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple:
www.arachnid.scot/book-tsr/ind...
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
A city at peace in a world at war. ‘The Stockholm Run’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland and Sweden during World War Two. Cairnpapple Hill near Bathgate is visited by the book’s two central characters.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple:
www.arachnid.scot/book-tsr/ind...
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple:
www.arachnid.scot/book-tsr/ind...
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Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.
Art and Archaeology graduates showcase work in Stromness
The Work Is All We Have. (Diane Eagles) Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm. The exhibition, entitled Wider Than Living, features the creations of Diane Eagles, Harry Payne, Iain Davidson, Janet Tryner and Lara Band. It is the first time a group of…
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November 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.
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This is the Roman bathhouse at Bearsden in Glasgow, the only visible remains of the fort on the Antonine Wall that once stood there. Featuring hot and cold rooms as well as plunge pools and a latrine, it also had glazed windows and painted plaster decoration. #RomanFortThursday
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This is the Roman bathhouse at Bearsden in Glasgow, the only visible remains of the fort on the Antonine Wall that once stood there. Featuring hot and cold rooms as well as plunge pools and a latrine, it also had glazed windows and painted plaster decoration. #RomanFortThursday
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Wreck of HMS Bayano, torpedoed off Galloway, Scotland in 1915 discovered www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Divers identify torpedoed wreck of HMS Bayano after 110 years
The HMS Bayano was torpedoed with the loss of nearly 200 lives off the Galloway coast in 1915.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Wreck of HMS Bayano, torpedoed off Galloway, Scotland in 1915 discovered www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Today at 4pm (UK time) I’ll give a talk at the University of Glasgow archaeology seminar about our excavations at Punta Ferulosu (Copper Age settlement, Sardinia). This will also be on Zoom www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma...
Thank you Arianna Magyaricsová for the invite!
Thank you Arianna Magyaricsová for the invite!
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Today at 4pm (UK time) I’ll give a talk at the University of Glasgow archaeology seminar about our excavations at Punta Ferulosu (Copper Age settlement, Sardinia). This will also be on Zoom www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma...
Thank you Arianna Magyaricsová for the invite!
Thank you Arianna Magyaricsová for the invite!
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The Carpow logboat on display in Perth Museum 🏴 It was found in the Tay Estuary near Perth and dates to around 1000 BC, in the Late Bronze Age.
#Woodensday #logboat #oak #prehistory #scotland #archaeology
#Woodensday #logboat #oak #prehistory #scotland #archaeology
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The Carpow logboat on display in Perth Museum 🏴 It was found in the Tay Estuary near Perth and dates to around 1000 BC, in the Late Bronze Age.
#Woodensday #logboat #oak #prehistory #scotland #archaeology
#Woodensday #logboat #oak #prehistory #scotland #archaeology
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Check out our collection of #prehistoric European #archaeology, with free & #OpenAccess research such as:
🛞 Iron Age Iberian elites
🪨The origins of stone circles in Britain
⛏️ Copper mining in Chalcolithic Serbia
& more! 🏺
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🛞 Iron Age Iberian elites
🪨The origins of stone circles in Britain
⛏️ Copper mining in Chalcolithic Serbia
& more! 🏺
cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Check out our collection of #prehistoric European #archaeology, with free & #OpenAccess research such as:
🛞 Iron Age Iberian elites
🪨The origins of stone circles in Britain
⛏️ Copper mining in Chalcolithic Serbia
& more! 🏺
cambridge.org/core/journal...
🛞 Iron Age Iberian elites
🪨The origins of stone circles in Britain
⛏️ Copper mining in Chalcolithic Serbia
& more! 🏺
cambridge.org/core/journal...
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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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👀 Useful list of winter opening times for Highland and Island Museums: museumsandheritagehighland.org.uk/winter-pause...
Winter Pause or Quiet Beat? Highland Museums Adjust Hours - Museums and Heritage Highland
As the evening's grow longer and the days shorter, many of our Highland museum adjust their opening schedule. Some go into hibernation for a few months, re-launching with gusto around Easter, but a gr...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
👀 Useful list of winter opening times for Highland and Island Museums: museumsandheritagehighland.org.uk/winter-pause...
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It is that time again. And that time where its up to you, to help make our collective lives better. Poverty Impact Report 2025 is anonymous and we so need this information to help.
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
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Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
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BAJR SURVEY PIR III: ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN FINANCIAL CRISIS
Inflation, energy costs, fuel costs and food are becoming increasingly expensive - this anonymous survey will help to understand the level of Financial Crisis we are in as archaeologists - as individu...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It is that time again. And that time where its up to you, to help make our collective lives better. Poverty Impact Report 2025 is anonymous and we so need this information to help.
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
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A great opportunity to see Prof. Steve talk about Govan and Glasgow over the last 1,500 years!
Stones, Saints, Ships and Slaves: an archaeology for Glasgow 850 - Prof. Driscoll of Glasgow Archaeology for the 2025 Glasgow Archaeological Society Dalrymple Lecture Series - FREE online and in person.
Stones, Saints, Ships and Slaves: an archaeology for Glasgow 850 - Prof. Driscoll of Glasgow Archaeology for the 2025 Glasgow Archaeological Society Dalrymple Lecture Series - FREE online and in person.
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A great opportunity to see Prof. Steve talk about Govan and Glasgow over the last 1,500 years!
Stones, Saints, Ships and Slaves: an archaeology for Glasgow 850 - Prof. Driscoll of Glasgow Archaeology for the 2025 Glasgow Archaeological Society Dalrymple Lecture Series - FREE online and in person.
Stones, Saints, Ships and Slaves: an archaeology for Glasgow 850 - Prof. Driscoll of Glasgow Archaeology for the 2025 Glasgow Archaeological Society Dalrymple Lecture Series - FREE online and in person.