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Review – Into the Wildwoods: explore the Mesolithic in Scotland’s native...

Kim Biddulph, Matt Ritchie, and Caroline Wickham-Jones Forestry and Land Scotland, FreeISBN 978-1916016019Review ABDownload from:...

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The problem of the Picts

Searching for a lost people in northern Scotland The Picts are a fascinating but archaeologically elusive people who thrived in parts of Scotland in the 4th to 10th centuries AD. What has recent...

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Review – The Antonine Wall: papers in honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie

David J Breeze and William S Hanson (eds)Archaeopress, £30ISBN 978-1789694505Review Andrew Tibbs Undoubtedly, Professor Lawrence Keppie has made some of the most significant contributions to our...

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Review – Stirling’s Military Heritage

Gregor StewartAmberley Publishing, £14.99ISBN 978-1445688909Review Amy Brunskill In this volume, his second on the military heritage of Scotland’s cities, Gregor Stewart presents the history of...

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A UNIQUE GLIMPSE INTO THE IRON AGE

Excavating Clachtoll Broch A decade of investigations at Clachtoll Broch, Ayssnt, has given vivid insights into the life and dramatic end of an Iron Age community in highland Scotland. CREDIT: Forge...

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Prehistoric settlement uncovered in Aberdeenshire

Overlooking the complex series of Bronze or Iron Age structures uncovered near Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire. CREDIT: Cameron Archaeology Evidence for an extensive settlement, possibly dating to either...

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Review – Classical Caledonia: Roman history and myth in 18th-century Scotland

Alan MontgomeryEdinburgh University Press, £75ISBN 978-1474445641Review Andrew Tibbs Classical Caledonia explores the antiquarian rediscovery of Scotland’s Roman remains, and how these have influenced...

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Iona in the Viking Age: laying a ‘zombie narrative’ to rest

The traditional story of Iona’s early medieval monastery ends in tragedy and bloodshed, with the religious community wiped out by vicious Viking raiders. Increasingly, though, the archaeological and...

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King’s Park

Exposing the paved floor! (Credit: Murray Cook) The King’s Park fort is part of a long term, relaxed and open series of project to explore the Late Prehistoric settlement patterns of the Forth Valley....

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Dig Glengarnock Castle

Join DigVentures and help to excavate a ruined medieval castle in Scotland. (Credit: DigVentures) Glengarnock Castle lies just two miles from the town of Kilbirne, and only twenty-two miles from the...

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