A quiet county with a not-so-quiet history – the following stories behind these seven sites in Dumfries and Galloway might just surprise you.Read More
Categorised:Destination Archaeology, Uncategorized
“All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a freshwater system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?” – Monty Python’s Life of Brian.Read More
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Before humans adopted farming around 6,000 years ago, they lived as mobile hunter-gatherer-fishers. As the name suggests, these people lived off wild natural resources such as animals, nuts, and berries.Read More
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Tha sgeulachd an uisge-bheatha ann an Alba a’ dol air ais do na meadhan aoisean agus tha i loma-làn eachdraidh is poilitigs.
Tha arc-eòlaichean an latha an-diugh ag ionnsachadh barrachd mun dàimh fhada a th’ againn ri uisge-beatha na h-Alba, agus tha fianais air seo ri lorg fon talamh.Read More
Categorised:Gàidhlig, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts & Waters 2020/21
Scotland’s drouth fur a dram gangs aw the wey back tae the Middle Ages and is unjoukably pairt o oor history and politics.
Archaeologists the day are discoverin mair and mair anent oor lang-staunin relationship wi whisky – oor ‘watter o life’.Read More
Categorised:Scots, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts & Waters 2020/21
The story of whisky distilling in Scotland stretches back to the medieval period and is steeped in history and politics.
Today, archaeologists are discovering more about our longstanding relationship with Scotland’s ‘water of life’, the evidence of which is to be found underground.Read More
Categorised:Uncategorized, Year of Coasts & Waters 2020/21
Mary, Queen of Scots has received the attention of both scholars and popular media for decades, including the recent Reign series and Mary Queen of Scots film. Read More
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2021 marks the 90th anniversary of the National Trust for Scotland and close to 30 years of having an in-house archaeology team. Read More
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Mar àrc-eòlaich nan raointean-blàir, thèid faighneachd orm gu tric carson nach lorg sinn barrachd thìodhlacaidhean air raointean-blàr? Leughaidh sinn mu na ceudan no fiù ’s na mìltean a’ faighinn bàs air an raon-bhlàir ach a dh’aindeoin sin, chan eil e coltach gu bheil mòran fianais àrc-eòlach againn.Read More
Categorised:Gàidhlig, Uncategorized
A question I am often asked as a battlefield archaeologist is, why do we not find more burials on battlefields? We read about hundreds, if not thousands, of people being killed on the battlefield and yet in Scotland we don’t seem to have much in the way of archaeological evidence.Read More
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What can rubbish tell us about the history of Scotland? Actually, rather a lot! Middens contain material remains from many years ago and can reveal information about the people who lived in Scotland over the last 10,000 years. Read More
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Tha costaichean agus uisgeachan na h-Alba air buaidh mhòr a thoirt an eachdraidh againn: bho iasgach agus obair-aodaich gu uisge-beatha agus cumhachd nan tonn; tha iad uile air a bhith nam pàirtean cudromach den chultar, de na sgeulachdan agus den dòigh-beatha againn.Read More
Categorised:Gàidhlig, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts & Waters 2020/21
