Today's dig diary loaded with star finds swandro.co.uk/post/bumper-st… #scotlanddigs2024

Day 3 of our dig at Tarradale with more volunteers from the YAC. We have managed just about to join up two of our walls today after a great deal of hard work! #scotlanddigs2024

Final day at Tarradale for now at post medieval barns and lots of progress on site today, although still some questions unanswered. Many thanks to all our lovely volunteers. We may be back next month some time! #scotlanddigs2024

Today's dig diary swandro.co.uk/post/bone-pins… #scotlanddigs2024 Wessex Archaeology

"Immerse yourself in the fact that someone, about 5,000 years ago, sat down to carefully inscribe these delicate markings into clay." 😍 #ScotlandDigs2024

📣Join us at our Big Dig this weekend!🎉 🗓️ 10th and 11th August ⏰ 10am – 4pm 🗺️ Newbattle Abbey College, Dalkeith, EH22 3LL 👋 All welcome! 🎥👇 #SPFoundation Edinburgh Local AOC Archaeology Group Historic Environment Scotland East Lothian Works NewbattleTweets #ScotlandDigs2024

"A horse, in any era, is not just a horse." In April, we published a new paper on a unique historic bridle bit found in South Ayrshire. In our latest post, uncover Iron Age equestrianism with one and oniel and get inspired to make your own PSAS submission: socantscot.org/news/guest-blo…

Over 1,800 years ago, the Romans built a series of stations along the south Clyde coast to protect their frontier ⚔️ The best-preserved example - the remains of Lurg Moor Roman fortlet and road - still lies on the edge of a steep bluff in Inverclyde: digitscotland.com/top-four-archa…

We are delighted to be supporting the upcoming community digs at The Govan Stones 🛡👑! 🤝 You can visit the dig from 29 August - 22 September and don't forget to visit our website to find out more about our grants and awards and how to apply: scotsman.com/heritage-and-r… #ScotlandDigs2024

Hoping to visit a fieldwork site this summer? ⛏️ Our #ScotlandDigs2024: International Connections campaign is sharing archaeology updates as well as events from across the country which are open to everyone, including tours and volunteering opportunities: digitscotland.com/scotland-digs

And that's a wrap for our latest dig. We now think our long wall was potentially out of the use at the time of the 1788 map and not shown on it. The walls of the "barns" that are shown may survive only as spreads of rubble but we have some interesting features. #scotlanddigs2024

Another huge wall section at the Ness of Brodgar revealed in archaeology students’ field school trench. archaeologyorkney.com/2024/08/28/nes… #Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch #ScotlandDigs2024

This year's Online Fellows' Meetings have explored Edinburgh's connections to the Caribbean, illuminated manuscripts in Scottish collections, and more. Want to get closer to the latest research on Scotland's past? Join our 2,800-strong global network: socantscot.org/join/

We are underway at our #UKSPF funded dig at Bedrule Castle! Thanks to the volunteers and the Hawick Local Area Coordination team for their hard work in de-turfing and giving the trench its first clean! We have some Medieval #pottery ! #communityarchaeology #ScotlandDigs2024

Great to welcome YAC Dig It competition winners🎉to our Archaeology Scotland dig at Bedrule Castle today #ScottishBorders. Very impressed with their archaeological skills!🤩 And they made good use of their Past Horizons toolkits-part of their prize!🏆 #ScotArchMonth #ScotlandDigs2024

A major historic power centre in Perthshire was discovered after cropmarks recorded in the 1970s hinted at its underground remains 🛩️ Later excavations at Forteviot uncovered a Pictish cemetery and a huge prehistoric complex built around 5,000 years ago: digitscotland.com/cream-of-the-c…

"There’s hardly any population on Earth that hasn’t been affected by migration and mixing of populations" 🧬 As part of #ScotlandDigs2024: International Connections, Tom Booth explains what archaeology can tell us about prehistoric migration in Scotland: digitscotland.com/what-can-archa…

Stunning Corded Ware #UrbanPrehistory mural by members of the Vantaa Street Art Collective in Myyrmaki, Finland. 1/ More info here streetartcities.com/cities/vantaa/…

Over 200 years ago, Fife's St Monans salt pans were used to boil seawater to create salt 🧂 They were built on the coast to take advantage of the proximity to the water, but the builders weren't expecting them to be destroyed by the sea: digitscotland.com/how-drones-are… #ScotClimateWeek

Auldearn: A place-name mystery revisited - Fiona Campbell-Howes This early medieval blog is excellent and also includes a reference to the ceremonial relationship between the 1,500-year-old Govan Old site and the (now lost) Doomster Hill! fortrenn.substack.com/p/auldearn-a-p…