What's not to love about this PhD we have peat, palaeo, archaeology and a lovely lovely team. And fieldwork in a stunning bit of Scotland NTS Archaeologist Mar Lodge Estate National Nature Reserve NTS Prof Nicki Whitehouse #madeinsheffield gla.ac.uk/schools/humani…

A proliferation of articles on the fantastic discoveries we made on the Isle of Arran coming out in the last couple of days!
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Another article in a more local paper Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald on the discovery of a Neolithic Cursus at Drumadoon.Scot on Arran Kenny Brophy Archaeology Scotland Lesley McFadyen Prof Nicki Whitehouse #madeinsheffield Gavin MacGregor #archaeology #art

Drumadoon in the Guardian! theguardian.com/science/2023/s…

Inspired by Archaeology Scotland greenteam Rebecca Barclay ClimateHeritage @climateCultures taking bus & boat to Belfast #EAA2023

Archaeology Scotland team contributing to sessions on supporting community Adopt-a-Monument schools learning Archaeology Scotland Learning Team & #ArtArchaeology & #Sustainability

Working closely with Saoirse Higgins the ‘birds eye’ hat aims to document a change in scale & viewpoint of landscape. Maybe personal versus public viewpoints? Walking the east edge of the #cursus #arran #lidar Drumadoon.Scot Karen D Archaeology Scotland Creative Scotland

A brief account of the final day of #Drumadoon2023 - lots of backfillin’. You can start from here and read back a whole summary of the last 10 days too. Keep following for post-ex and news updates!
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It might be Friday night but I’m blogging like crazy! Here’s the latest on the penultimate day of fieldwork & excavations at #Drumadoon2023 - lots of recording and some mild panic setting in!
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A wee bit behind but here’s the update on Day 9 at #Drumadoon2023 including finding the natural in trench 1, hundreds of samples, lots of artists and an adder!
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I love these photos of Darko Maricevic doing geophysics around Trench 1 at #Drumadoon2023 . He’s an eccentric genius!

And that's a wrap! After a few hours of intense backfilling, we successfully closed them up and left the area looking untouched. A big applause to everyone who helped out – students, volunteers, staff, and funders! 🙌

Today we took 175 soil samples from our trenches!!

Goodbye to Arran. It's been a great field season Emma Jenkins Kenny Brophy Gavin MacGregor Michelle Farrell Rebecca Barclay Henry Chapman Lesley McFadyen and lots of others!! #Drumadoon2023 @UogArch

All done - thanks to Becca, Gillian and Fiona #Drumadoon2023 !

Look at them backfill the main trench ⁦Rebecca Barclay⁩ ⁦Kenny Brophy⁩ ⁦Gavin MacGregor⁩ ⁦Fernanda Acosta Ballesteros⁩!!! #Drumadoon2023

Last day of the #Drumadoon2023 dig. Today’s agenda is mainly focused on finishing recording trenches 1 & 2 and taking the last environmental samples before backfilling. ✍️🪣 #ScotlandDigs2023

Preparing for a really hot day at the site today! Making sure the equipment is good to go and eating yesterday's melted and re-solidified Haribo for an energy boost #Drumadoon2023 #ScotlandDigs2023 🍬

Totally shattered. We have taken a total of 300 samples across 2 trenches over the last two days. Just 2 more to take tomorrow and we are done. Then home. Final night tonight. #Drunadoon2023 #ScotlandDigs2023

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Beautiful Drumadoon and Arran landscape. Heading up on site #Drumadoon2023 #ScotlandDigs2023