Six years of community archaeology on Lismore organised by the Lismore Historical Society,  have uncovered a stone building of the 7th-10thC AD monastic site founded by St Moluag, and a workshop where craftworkers manufactured jewellery from precious metals.

Your voice matters - Sign the open letter to publishers, asking them to restore access to the 500,000 books they’ve removed from our library ✍️ change.org/LetReadersRead #LetReadersRead

Fabulous day in the Highlands at Achnacon #Glencoe2024 looking at small finds from the site, the archaeology, and the 17thc landscape. Thanks 🙏 to Dr Edward Stewart UofG Archaeology NTS Archaeologist from Hunterian Director and a very happy post-medievalist.

It got all misty and moody in Glencoe as we started the backfill.Big effort from everyone National Trust for Scotland UofG Archaeology Gareth Beale Nicole Smith Dr Edward Stewart Lizzie Robertson and #MichaelGiven and all the students.

A moody morning for doing some archaeological science before we backfill!

Historian and folklorist John Lorne Campbell described the Crofters Holding Act as "the Magna Carta of the Highlands and Islands". It was passed #OnThisDay in 1886. Today's blog is an introduction to the history of crofting: ow.ly/IyAF50Sp6Ni

MAJOR FUNDING NEWS 🚨 We've awarded £50,000 to investigate Scotland’s Early Neolithic megalithic chambered and passage tombs. The new project led by Archaeology Scotland will aim to answer "arguably some of the biggest questions in Scottish archaeological research": socantscot.org/uncategorized/…

We're pleased to invite you to the SESARF Symposium 2025! Join us in Edinburgh for a free event on 25/1 to discuss the medieval, post medieval and modern chapters of the South East Scotland Archaeological Research Framework. Register now at Eventbrite: bit.ly/4ibkC4N

Our new website is live! 🎉 Visit to discover our new look and find essential information about our services 👉 bit.ly/NatRecordsScot You can still access the old site in our web archive 📁 bit.ly/NRSWebArchive

Help Shape the Future of Civil Discourse in Arts and Culture 📣 An Tobar and Mull Theatre's survey researching how political polarisation impacts the arts is now live! 📆 Deadline 31 January 2025 To take part, visit ⬇️ chartsargyllandisles.org/opportunities/…

Just a reminder to members that our AGM takes place this evening at 6.30pm. We'd also like to welcome anyone interested in finding out more about the Hall, our projects within the local community, and ways you can help support our wonderful building.

what an amazing year - thank you for your support & engagement this year throughout our Creating Connections project Great fun Heritage Cafes, our new digital interactive heritage map. Very Grateful thanks to MuseumsGalleriesScot for their funding. Join ABMHF argyllheritage.org.uk

Researching our Argyll history : what are Your favourite links and resources ? - in person or online, obscure or well known

Our February newsletter is now available! Follow the link to read the latest news from the ScARF team, including details about our exciting Royal Society of Edinburgh funded Rock Art workshops coming up this year: bit.ly/40FfLki #HESSupported

This summer we will be back in Glencoe UofG Archaeology NTS Archaeologist ! If you'd like to come visit the site, try your hand at archaeology or join the team find out about the exciting programme of opportunities we have this year here: …encoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com/2024/12/08/gle…

Working on our website content development : just one of over 70 castles we have in Argyll and Bute. If you have photos you could share for us to use please get in touch. They can be old 🌞🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #history #heritage #argyll #bute #islands #castles #ancestry