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Articles from the North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NOSAS) https://t.co/g35B3Uflic
Scottish Highlands
Joined September 2014
Here is a fantastic talk that Steve Birch gave for us on the Mesolithic shell middens at Tarradale within a national and international perspective. It focuses on the 2017 & 2023 excavations which produced a significant range of antler artefacts.
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Teanagairn henge at Culbokie is now part of an adopt a monument project with NOSAS and @ArchScot. We have a tidy up day on Sat Nov 15th. Further details at https://t.co/fukqHKp9lB
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We have just completed a week of fantastic archaeology, digging the Loch Achilty crannog with the Nautical Archaeology Society. We opened 3 trenches and found probable structural oak timbers in all of them. Trenches are now backfilled and samples await analysis.
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Holly Young and Ben Elliott of Uhi archaeology looking at John Wombell's amazing Mesolithic cowrie bead mockup at HAF2025
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A new blog post by Archaeologist Steve Worth on a project he is undertaking at Kinloss Abbey in Moray, a 12th C Cistercian monastry. Read about what research, geophys and fieldwalking have revealed so far.
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by Steve Worth Figure 1. Location map. The Cistercian abbey of Kinloss was established in 1150 by David I of Scotland. Kinloss Abbey remained a central focus of monastic life in t…
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Here is a detailed new blog post by David Jarman on leisure paths and walks created by Highland estates in the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Findon Estate, on the Black Isle is fleshed out as a case study.
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by David Jarman The romantic era brought with it a passion for creating paths and indeed networks of ‘walks’ leading to scenic features, notably riverbanks, waterfall…
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A new blog post by Gordon Sleight about ongoing research into Iron Age farming Practices at Clachtoll Broch in Assynt. The broch was excavated by Historic Assynt and AOC Archaeology in 2017. Research is currently being undertaken by Katie Smith
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by Gordon Sleight The large-scale excavation of Clachtoll broch in north west Sutherland took place in 2017 and 2018 with intensive post-excavation analysis continuing for several years and culmina…
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And that's a wrap. Day 3 at the Tarradale Barns done. Not sure if we'll be back. Possibly not for another community dig on this site anyway. Thanks to everyone who's volunteered over the last year and a bit!
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Day 2 of our dig at the Tarradale Barns near Muir of Ord and lots of hard work with some heroic shifting of soil and stone. One more day to go!
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Day 1 of our July dig at the Tarradale Barns near Muir of Ord. We continue over the weekend...
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We are digging again at the Tarradale "Barns" near Muir of Ord for a long weekend of archaeological excavation on Fri 25th, Sat 26th and Sun 27th July. Fancy volunteering? See https://t.co/4iupfsGzYz
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And another new blog post. This time John Wombell on a recent visit to the Dava Way with musings on archaeology and the recent huge wildfires in that area.
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by John Wombell For Saturday 12th July, I had volunteered at short notice to help with the survey of underwater timbers at the Loch Achilty crannog and I was all ready for day on the ocean waves, t…
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Here's a new blog post by NOSAS member and UHI archaeology student Iris Longworth on her recent field school experience. Iris was digging at The Cairns in Orkney, a fabulous Iron Age broch site. https://t.co/ns9mqaI7Fs
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Great new blog post by Michael Sharpe on a Bronze Age midden site at Cullerne in Moray. Read about hammer stones, discoidal flakes, animal bone assemblages, a saddle quern and possible post holes. https://t.co/5g6gahc6OC
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Pot luck. A cast iron cooking pot spotted on the wall of an old building by Loch Morar yesterday. Our expert says 18th/ 19th Century and that this one "has been cracked and repaired and I'm surprised that it survived as broken ones would normally be recycled for scrap"
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Visit to the Chapel of Inverbeg on Loch Morar yesterday. The "Chapel of Inverbeg" refers to a roofless ruin located near the shore of Loch Morar, built by locals after Ranald MacDonell returned from Spain in 1780. It served as a meeting place for the surrounding community.
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Day 2 of our midsummer weekend dig at the Tarradale Barns with lots of activity onsite. One more day to go!
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Walls, walls everywhere. We're at a good place for opening up our long Midsummer weekend dig at the Tarradale Barns next Fri, Sat and Sunday. https://t.co/XEJzbE7DTJ
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