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Neolithic house at Cata Sand
Braving bracing weather,archaeologists have excavated an early Neolithic house on Sanday, Orkney. (Image: UHI Archaeology Institute; Text: Gregory Morton) Braving the inter-tidal waves at at Cata Sand...
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Henge found at Blair Ardoch Farm?
Parchmarks forming concentric circles in an aerial photograph have led to the excavation of a possible prehistoric henge in North Ayrshire. (Image: Jeni Park/National Library of Scotland; Text: Gregory...
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Clues to catastrophe at Clachtoll Broch
Clachtoll Broch, in Assynt, was abandoned following an enigmatic Iron Age destruction event. (Image: AOC Archaeology Groups; Text: Gregory Morton) A community project at Clachtoll Broch, in north-west...
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Neolithic house discovered in Ayrshire
A line of large postholes belonging to the Neolithic house. (Image: GUARD Archaeology Ltd.) GUARD Archaeology Ltd has discovered what appears to be one of the oldest houses in East Ayrshire, dated to...
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Investigating the Iron Age in Inverness-shire
The remains of an Iron Age dun discovered in Comar Wood. The building was in a prominent position overlooking the strath. (Image: ARO) In 2010, on a rocky knoll above the River Glass in Comar Wood,...
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Digital exploration of the Sculptor’s Cave
The entrance of the Sculptor’s Cave, the inside of which was recently digitilised. (Photo: The Sculptor’s Cave Publication Project) The Sculptor’s Cave in Moray, Scotland, is a treasure trove of...
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Review – Scotland’s Early Silver
The Gaulcross Hoard was discovered in 1838, but only three objects have survived from what was described as a substantial cache of silver. Excavations at the site in 2013 found 90 further fragments....
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Current Archaeology 335 – now on sale
As 2017 was Scotland’s Year of Heritage, History, and Archaeology (part of a programme of themed years that has been running since 2009), CA’s first issue of 2018 is a ‘Scottish special’, looking back...
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Reused burial stones hints at Dundee graveyard’s medieval foundation
An unusual stone found in Dundee Howff cemetery (established in 1564) hints at the site’s medieval past. (Image: Dundee Howff Conservation Group) In April, a survey was conducted on the 1,800...
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Battle Hill
A Neolithic Cairn under excavation [Photo Credit: Skyscape Survey]Battle Hill Huntly is the latest season in a 19 year programme of research and excavation to explore the archaeology of Aberdeenshire....
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Kildavie Excavation
The Field School will consist of 2 weeks excavation at the abandoned settlement of Kildavie, possibly dating back to the Early Medieval period. The settlement was inhabited until the 18th Century...
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Coldingham
DigVentures is searching for Lindisfarne’s sister monastery, founded by Princess Aebbe, near the remains of a later medieval priory at Coldingham [Photo Credit: DigVentures]Picture this: it’s around AD...
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Kinneil
Kinneil House with the lost ha-ha next to the gate piers in 1910 [Photo Credit: Falkirk Local History Society]This season’s excavation will explore the 17th century designed landscape of Kinneil Park....
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Ness of Brodgar
Ness of Brodgar [Photo Credit: UHI Archaeology Institute]The Ness of Brodgar is an archaeological excavation covering an area of 2.5 hectares at the Heart of the Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site,...
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Skaill Farmstead
Skaill Farm, Rousay, Orkney [Photo Caption: UHI Archaeology Institute]The work at Skaill aims to explore a slice of the remarkable deep time represented along the west shore; from the Neolithic, Iron...
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The Cairns
The Cairns Broch Dig, Orkney [Photo Credit: UHI Archaeology Institute]The Cairns, South Ronaldsay, Orkney is a research and training excavation based around a substantial multi-period settlement site....
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Cata Sand, Tresness Chambered Tomb & Loth Road Bronze Age House
The Cairns Broch Dig, Orkney [Photo Credit: UHI Archaeology Institute]Archaeologists from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, the University of Central Lancashire, School...
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The Newbarns Project
Excavation at the Newbarns Project Excavation of Neolithic Kerb Cairns with prehistoric cremation burials on later multi settlement site up to the 13th & 14th centuries. All ages welcome to try...
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Searching for the lost monastery of Deer
A depiction of the site as it may have been during use. In particular, metalworking appears to have taken place there. (Image: Jan Dunbar) Recent excavations in a field near the ruins of Deer Abbey in...
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Review – The Ness of Brodgar: digging deeper
Roy Towers, Nick Card, and Mark Edmonds Ness of Brodgar Trust, £7 Available from www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/shop Review CH Perched on a peninsula in the heart of the Orkney archipelago, the Ness of...
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