Antiquarian
@simongilmour.bsky.social
Director of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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My thesis is now available online on the history of @socantscot.bsky.social Much of it has been published in articles in the last few years but there's still lots of unpublished material in there if you fancy some Christmas reading #History #Museums #Scotland #Antiquarianism theses.gla.ac.uk/82236/
Collecting the nation: Scottish history, patriotism and antiquarianism after Scott (1832-91) - Enlighten Theses
theses.gla.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
My thesis is now available online on the history of @socantscot.bsky.social Much of it has been published in articles in the last few years but there's still lots of unpublished material in there if you fancy some Christmas reading #History #Museums #Scotland #Antiquarianism theses.gla.ac.uk/82236/
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R B K STEVENSON AWARD: ‘Revisiting Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney’ by Hazel Moore FSAScot and Graeme Wilson FSAScot (with contributions by Seren Griffiths)
Delve into some of the most complete Neolithic stone houses in Northwest Europe in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Delve into some of the most complete Neolithic stone houses in Northwest Europe in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
R B K STEVENSON AWARD: ‘Revisiting Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney’ by Hazel Moore FSAScot and Graeme Wilson FSAScot (with contributions by Seren Griffiths)
Delve into some of the most complete Neolithic stone houses in Northwest Europe in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Delve into some of the most complete Neolithic stone houses in Northwest Europe in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
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Pleased that I’ve been elected to remain on the @socantscot.bsky.social Council after having been co-opted earlier this year - really looking forward to working with the Society and the exciting work they’ve got planned for next year.
www.socantscot.org/about/council/
www.socantscot.org/about/council/
Council - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
www.socantscot.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Pleased that I’ve been elected to remain on the @socantscot.bsky.social Council after having been co-opted earlier this year - really looking forward to working with the Society and the exciting work they’ve got planned for next year.
www.socantscot.org/about/council/
www.socantscot.org/about/council/
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2025 MURRAY PRIZE FOR HISTORY: Dr Shane McLeod FSAScot for 'Watching the waters: sentinel sites in the Inner Hebrides and western seaboard of Scotland'.
Discover a possible co-ordinated defence system guarding maritime routes in medieval Scotland in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Discover a possible co-ordinated defence system guarding maritime routes in medieval Scotland in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
2025 MURRAY PRIZE FOR HISTORY: Dr Shane McLeod FSAScot for 'Watching the waters: sentinel sites in the Inner Hebrides and western seaboard of Scotland'.
Discover a possible co-ordinated defence system guarding maritime routes in medieval Scotland in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Discover a possible co-ordinated defence system guarding maritime routes in medieval Scotland in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
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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...
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LAST CHANCE TO PRE-ORDER: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Thanks to everyone who helped us surpass our crowdfunding target and every stretch goal, we will be printing and enhancing this nationally important monograph.
Want to pre-order the book? Visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Thanks to everyone who helped us surpass our crowdfunding target and every stretch goal, we will be printing and enhancing this nationally important monograph.
Want to pre-order the book? Visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
LAST CHANCE TO PRE-ORDER: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Thanks to everyone who helped us surpass our crowdfunding target and every stretch goal, we will be printing and enhancing this nationally important monograph.
Want to pre-order the book? Visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Thanks to everyone who helped us surpass our crowdfunding target and every stretch goal, we will be printing and enhancing this nationally important monograph.
Want to pre-order the book? Visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
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Finlaggan-fest @socantscot.bsky.social just wrapped - what a fantastic talk from David Caldwell covering over 1000 years of #archaeology & #history, & decades of digging & analyses 🏰 🏴 ⚔️ grab a copy of the monograph if you haven’t already! 📖 #Finlaggan #Islay #Scotland #medievalsky #skystorians
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Finlaggan-fest @socantscot.bsky.social just wrapped - what a fantastic talk from David Caldwell covering over 1000 years of #archaeology & #history, & decades of digging & analyses 🏰 🏴 ⚔️ grab a copy of the monograph if you haven’t already! 📖 #Finlaggan #Islay #Scotland #medievalsky #skystorians
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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
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Fancy a dram? This week Sotheby's will auction a bottle of 56 year old The Glenlivet whisky. Proceeds will help support our @n-t-s.bsky.social archaeology work at Mar Lodge Estate in the Cairgorms, where river action is eroding an important prehistoric site.
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
The Glenlivet 56 Year Old 1 of 1 42.7 abv (1 Bottle 70cl) | Finest Whisky | The Glenlivet Exclusive | 2025 | Sotheby's
<p><strong>The Glenlivet 56 Year Old 1 of 1 42.7 abv</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>This lot is offered Duty Paid With VAT On the Hammer Price.</em></p><p><br></p><p>The second edition in <em>The Etern...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Fancy a dram? This week Sotheby's will auction a bottle of 56 year old The Glenlivet whisky. Proceeds will help support our @n-t-s.bsky.social archaeology work at Mar Lodge Estate in the Cairgorms, where river action is eroding an important prehistoric site.
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
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Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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.
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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.
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New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.
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#openaccess✅
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#openaccess✅
Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core
Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology
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September 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess✅
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess✅
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“‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology to win US support for goals.
Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexity” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexity” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology to win US support for goals
Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexity
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology to win US support for goals.
Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexity” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexity” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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I worked there in the 90s. They have done a lovely job and urge anyone interested in the Kingdom of the Isles to get a hold of the book published by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay is available from the online shop
I worked there in the 90s. They have done a lovely job and urge anyone interested in the Kingdom of the Isles to get a hold of the book published by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay is available from the online shop
'Forgotten' royal castle uncovered at Finlaggan on Islay
Archaeologists say the fortress was owned by ancestors of Scotland's medieval Lord of the Isles.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I worked there in the 90s. They have done a lovely job and urge anyone interested in the Kingdom of the Isles to get a hold of the book published by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay is available from the online shop
I worked there in the 90s. They have done a lovely job and urge anyone interested in the Kingdom of the Isles to get a hold of the book published by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay is available from the online shop
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NEW BOOK: 'The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay'
We are thrilled to announce the release of our book by Dr David Caldwell FSAScot, which reveals the results of a major archaeological project at Finlaggan on Islay, the site of a medieval kingdom’s centre of power: www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
We are thrilled to announce the release of our book by Dr David Caldwell FSAScot, which reveals the results of a major archaeological project at Finlaggan on Islay, the site of a medieval kingdom’s centre of power: www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
September 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
NEW BOOK: 'The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay'
We are thrilled to announce the release of our book by Dr David Caldwell FSAScot, which reveals the results of a major archaeological project at Finlaggan on Islay, the site of a medieval kingdom’s centre of power: www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
We are thrilled to announce the release of our book by Dr David Caldwell FSAScot, which reveals the results of a major archaeological project at Finlaggan on Islay, the site of a medieval kingdom’s centre of power: www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
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FREE PUBLIC LECTURE: Glasgow Museums has been shaped and impacted by the histories of British Empire and transatlantic slavery.
On 2 October, learn how the organisation is working to address the colonial histories that shape Glasgow, its museums and its people: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...
On 2 October, learn how the organisation is working to address the colonial histories that shape Glasgow, its museums and its people: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...
September 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
FREE PUBLIC LECTURE: Glasgow Museums has been shaped and impacted by the histories of British Empire and transatlantic slavery.
On 2 October, learn how the organisation is working to address the colonial histories that shape Glasgow, its museums and its people: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...
On 2 October, learn how the organisation is working to address the colonial histories that shape Glasgow, its museums and its people: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...
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BEFS calls for greater heritage recognition in culture funding conversations. Our pre-budget scrutiny response highlights maintenance, reuse & repair of existing buildings as preventative spend supporting culture, carbon targets, tourism & housing emergency: www.befs.org.uk/wp-c...
#CultureFunding
#CultureFunding
September 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
BEFS calls for greater heritage recognition in culture funding conversations. Our pre-budget scrutiny response highlights maintenance, reuse & repair of existing buildings as preventative spend supporting culture, carbon targets, tourism & housing emergency: www.befs.org.uk/wp-c...
#CultureFunding
#CultureFunding
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Interested in reading all articles in the most recent 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland', our annual peer-reviewed journal of Scottish history and archaeology?
Find out more about becoming a Fellow of the Society and apply before 30 September: www.socantscot.org/join/
Find out more about becoming a Fellow of the Society and apply before 30 September: www.socantscot.org/join/
September 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Interested in reading all articles in the most recent 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland', our annual peer-reviewed journal of Scottish history and archaeology?
Find out more about becoming a Fellow of the Society and apply before 30 September: www.socantscot.org/join/
Find out more about becoming a Fellow of the Society and apply before 30 September: www.socantscot.org/join/
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NEW PUBLIC LECTURE PROGRAMME
We are delighted to announce our programme of free events taking place in Edinburgh and online.
Register now for lectures on colonial histories, the Lords of the Isles, the creation of an illustrated guide to the Picts, and more: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...
We are delighted to announce our programme of free events taking place in Edinburgh and online.
Register now for lectures on colonial histories, the Lords of the Isles, the creation of an illustrated guide to the Picts, and more: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...
September 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
NEW PUBLIC LECTURE PROGRAMME
We are delighted to announce our programme of free events taking place in Edinburgh and online.
Register now for lectures on colonial histories, the Lords of the Isles, the creation of an illustrated guide to the Picts, and more: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...
We are delighted to announce our programme of free events taking place in Edinburgh and online.
Register now for lectures on colonial histories, the Lords of the Isles, the creation of an illustrated guide to the Picts, and more: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...
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FUNDING NEWS: We recently awarded £17,478 to 11 projects investigating Scotland's past.
This includes excavation and survey work at Scotland's first skatepark in Glasgow, "a place that was so special for hundreds of young people just decades ago": www.socantscot.org/news/society...
This includes excavation and survey work at Scotland's first skatepark in Glasgow, "a place that was so special for hundreds of young people just decades ago": www.socantscot.org/news/society...
August 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
FUNDING NEWS: We recently awarded £17,478 to 11 projects investigating Scotland's past.
This includes excavation and survey work at Scotland's first skatepark in Glasgow, "a place that was so special for hundreds of young people just decades ago": www.socantscot.org/news/society...
This includes excavation and survey work at Scotland's first skatepark in Glasgow, "a place that was so special for hundreds of young people just decades ago": www.socantscot.org/news/society...