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Unpacking the Landscape context of the Galloway Hoard

Join Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society and dive into the fascinating landscape surrounding the Galloway Hoard. Bringing together all available evidence for the early medieval period in Galloway and considering how this evidence could inform our interpretation of the hoard.

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Image Credit: Pectoral cross from the Galloway Hoard (Credit: National Museums Scotland, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)

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There are men’s and women’s standard toilets on the first floor and an accessible toilet, which is not for the sole use of disabled people. There are gender neutral toilets on the mezzanine floor by classroom M2.

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Rm LG34, Paterson's Land, The University of Edinburgh, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AQ

Wednesday 14 October 2026 @ 7:00pm - Wednesday 14 October 2026 @ 8:30pm

Free Entry

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Pre-conservation image taken June 2018 of an ornamented silver pectoral cross with wire chain. The cross is decorated with what appears to be gilding and niello, each arm ornamented with a motif and there appears to be an ornamentation missing from the centre. A chain of coiled silver wire is wrapped around the arms. The cross is from the Viking age Galloway Hoard.

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