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Monastic Archaeology Field School- Scotland
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4-week field school in archaeology, landscape, history, heritage 📍Lindores Abbey • 9 June to 4 July 2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

With Brandeis University, University of St Andrews, & Lindores Distillery, Newburgh Fife

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Monastic Archaeology Field School- Scotland @mafs-scot.bsky.social · May 16
It's nearly time to welcome our new cohort of students to the 2025 Field School! - We start field work from 9 June to 4 July so come find out what our students are doing, join our socials, and visit. Share our poster! Thanks to our hosts and partners @lindoresabbey.bsky.social #archaeology #monastic
three picture collage 1 picture shows a red sandstone rune of a medieval abbey 2- people sitting on the grass listening to an archaeologists 3 people standing around listening to an archaeologist point things out with qr code in bottom right corner
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In Fife, @mafs-scot.bsky.social‬ are excavating the 12th-century Lindores Abbey, which has a long tradition of distilling 🥃

Visit the site from 21 June to 4 July or head to their Open Day on 3 July for site tours and a showcase of the finds: www.digitscotland.com/events/monas...

#ScotlandDigs2025
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June 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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And so it begins! Four weeks with students & the amazing monastic archaeology field school team @alisonibeach.bsky.social
@bh-archaeology.bsky.social & Derek Hall.

Come see us at Lindores Abbey!
@mafs-scot.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
mafs-scot.bsky.social
Good morning Lindores Abbey! We are back on site for the first week of field school in this glorious setting - sun is shining, birds are tweeting, and the students arrive soon.

Give us a follow for daily and weekly updates.

#Archaeology #FieldSchool #Fife #Scotland #GlobalStAndrews
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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We are back! It's our prep week and we are doing all sorts of organising, washing up, and getting ready to welcome our new cohort of field school students next week.

Happy, shiny hard hats are ready! @lindoresabbey.bsky.social

#Archaeology #FieldSchool #LindoresAbbey #Fife #Scotland
Yellow hard hats lined up on a blue tarp on green grass.
June 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
mafs-scot.bsky.social
The countdown is on and are students arrive in less than two weeks! So what will they get up to? Explore some of the themes our students will engage in during the 4-week field school.

#Archaeology #FieldSchool #Scotland #LindoresAbbey #Fife
#Heritage

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Field School Themes
Excavation and Field Work Excavation is how archaeologists learn about people and places in the past. Traces are left by ruins, material culture, biological remains – both human and environme…
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May 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
mafs-scot.bsky.social
Visit us at open day! We welcome site visitors & feel free to visit anytime Wednesday to Friday between 11 and 3. Contact us via email if you would like to arrange a large group visit. See webpages for more info: mafs-scot.org/site-visits/
#archaeology #lindoresabbey
@lindoresabbey.bsky.social
Bright poster with open day information. Our open day is 3 July 2025, 11-3 pm. There is a qr code to scan to book tickets.
May 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
mafs-scot.bsky.social
It's nearly time to welcome our new cohort of students to the 2025 Field School! - We start field work from 9 June to 4 July so come find out what our students are doing, join our socials, and visit. Share our poster! Thanks to our hosts and partners @lindoresabbey.bsky.social #archaeology #monastic
three picture collage 1 picture shows a red sandstone rune of a medieval abbey 2- people sitting on the grass listening to an archaeologists 3 people standing around listening to an archaeologist point things out with qr code in bottom right corner
May 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
mafs-scot.bsky.social
At the upcoming TAFAC Conference on 2 November in Perth, Derek Hall will be speaking about ‘The Church by the water’ – Reflections on Season 1 of the University of St Andrews Monastic Field school at Lindores Abbey, Fife.
Still time to book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../recent-a....
November 1, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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We are in the 2024 Celebrating Archaeology from Historic Envrionment Scotland magazine. Out today!
#medievalsky #archaeology
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November 1, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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Want to join us at a spectacular site of Lindores Abbey in Fife, Scotland in June 2025? Are you an undergraduate and want to learn archaeology, heritage, and h istory skills? We are taking expressions of interest for 2025.

Share with friends, colleagues, students!
November 1, 2024 at 9:57 AM
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We have migrated from TwitX and are now here for all Monastic Archaeology Field School musings!

We are back at Lindores Abbey, Fife in June 2025.
November 1, 2024 at 9:53 AM