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.

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.

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.

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"

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.

RT @TarradaleTT: Day 2 of our midsummer weekend dig at the Tarradale Barns with lots of activity onsite. One more day to go! .

RT @TarradaleTT: Walls, walls everywhere. We're at a good place for opening up our long Midsummer weekend dig at the Tarradale Barns next….

RT @TarradaleTT: Some digging back at the "Barns" again at Tarradale today with a small team

Another week, another fantasic NOSAS excursion; this time over to Moray for Kinloss Abbey and the Findhorn Dunes. Many thanks to Steve Worth and Michael Sharpe for showing us round both exciting current archaeological projects.

In the early 2010's, the WeDigs project excavated a number of prehistoric roundhouses in Wester Ross. In recognition of the legacy of this project, NOSAS have now made the resulting booklet freely downloadable from the NOSAS website. You can access it at

Fine NOSAS walk around the Loch Kinellan area near Strathpeffer today

Surprisingly quiet at Inverness's premier hillfort yesterday- Craig Phadrig.

Here is a new blog post by Marion on the Easter Raitts post medieval township near Lynchat in Badenoch which was excavated in the late 90s, and provided the model for the reconstructed township (Baile Gean) at @HighlandFolk in Newtonmore.

Beauly priory looking good in the sunshine today

Great couple of days digging with @GairlochMuseum at the Actercairn group of prehistoric roundhouse last week

RT @AcfAscot: We were delighted to welcome Dr Colleen Batey as our final online speaker of the season. A fascinating account of the Earl's….

A new blog post by Gordon Sleight about a quern stone quarry in Ardroe that was discovered during COVID by Historic Assynt. There is a link to our last post too, as some of the extracted querns might have been used for grinding snuff or spices!

Here's a recording of a recent talk Eric Grant gave for us - Snuff taking and snuff making in Scotland: The material culture of a very Scottish habit. A fascinating journey into this now somewhat obscure habit and its distinct paraphernalia

Nice evening light for showing up a bit of rig. Descending the Aonach Eagach in Glencoe yesterday

RT @TarradaleTT: What's happening at our kiln feature at Tarradale? We've removed part of stone block in the steps and carried out a limite….