HMS Tern Living Museum is excited to welcome a group of vintage military vehicle enthusiasts to the site from July 12th to July 15th, 2026, marking the finale of a drive across the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. hmstern.blog/2026/07/12/j...

Exploring the Strath of Dunbeath this afternoon. #Caithness #Archaeology #IronAge #BronzeAge

30 fully funded PhDs!!! That's just amazing #Archaeology #Scotland

Week one draws to a close and what a productive one it's been.

Our lodgers in the air raid shelter are growing up fast and looking out for mom to return by the look of it! #Orkney #Islandlife

Today's update from The Cairns by site director Martin Carruthers.

We're in the news..... Thanks to the team at @theorkneynews.bsky.social for this fantastic article on HMS Tern #Orkney #navalhistory theorkneynews.scot/2026/07/10/c...

Roe deer antler mask from prehistoric Eilsleben, Germany Despite Eilsleben being a Neolithic site, the mask is probably Mesolithic in origin, indicating contact and exchange between hunter-gatherers and the first farmers in Central Europe. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Really enjoyed visiting the Time Team Dig at the Ness of Brodgar on Orkney today. Great tour, and fingers crossed for a good dig and exciting results. 📸 My own @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social @timeteam.bsky.social

The Cairns dig diary - day 22: A walk around the site with Django on his last day...

"The creators...have made a real contribution to furthering its enduring legacy" 🎨 We are pleased to share that "Carved in Stone" has been awarded the 2026 Certificate of Achievement for Ogham Excellence for its depiction of this ancient writing system: ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/og...

👀 Could be a great first step for someone graduating this summer: Research Assistant - Peatlands (sick cover-Mar 2027), Environmental Research Institute, UHI. "Our work involves many collaborative, field-based research projects in the Flow Country UNESCO World Heritage Site." tinyurl.com/6hjdh5fj

Welcome to the Bluesky account of the Young Archaeologists' Club! 💙 We're looking forward to sharing the latest updates from the YAC network including news, blogs posts, resources, competitions and ways to get involved! Find out more about YAC at www.yac-uk.org #archaeology #history #heritage

Three Holmie Puffins from today's Papay Tour. In flight, among the Sea pink and just out of the burrow.. #Papay #Orkney

Once home to an Iron Age tribe and then Pictish kings, East Lomond hill in Fife was a place of power for almost 1,000 years 👑 Now archaeologists have returned to dig deeper into its history and you're invited to two special events to follow their progress: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...

The Cairns dig diary - day 21. Site wide progress, finds and a farewell to Rick.

A new project looking at sowens – a heritage food made from oats and a dietary staple in bygone years – has launched, with a special event at Kirbuster Farm, Orkney, at the weekend.

Free entry to fantastic exhibitions... what's not to love?

Professor in Island Studies, Andrew Jennings, UHI Institute for Northern Studies, discusses the boundness of Shetland in his latest blog post. open.substack.com/pub/resilien...

Important findings and progress - Friday's update from The Cairns by site director Martin Carruthers.

Well, this is a little bit exciting!! A new stone circle for #StandingStoneSunday perhaps?? The new excavations will reveal all... watch this space!! #Orkney #Neolithic

"Movin' to the country Gonna dig a lot of ditches" Really, how many? "Millions of ditches, ditches for me. Millions of ditches, ditches for free" #Durotriges26 #Earworm

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Going back in time... Overlying reconstruction roundhouses over drone footage of the Iron Age building platforms recorded in Trench T at #Durotriges26 Gorgeousity !! 🤩🤩 With many thanks to @derekpitman.bsky.social #Archaeology

Steatite import adds to the stone lamp tally - today's excavation update from student Declan Fladstol.

The day in the life of a volunteer at HMS Tern #Orkney #Navalhistory Happy music too, so turn on your speakers.

#FindsFriday The Bullion Pictish stone. Found in 1933 in Invergowrie this Class 1 symbol stone is on display @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social It shows a rider on a horse drinking from a bird shaped horn and dates to c.AD900-950 #Scotland #Picts #IronAge 📸 mine

In the 1980s and 90s, cropmarks revealed the remains of a multi-period settlement site near Kelso in the Borders 🛩️ Now experts need your help to excavate the site and search for possible features like a Neolithic causewayed enclosure and an early medieval town: www.digitscotland.com/events/sprou...

The 75‑minute Time Team Special filmed during the final full season of excavation at the Ness of Brodgar in 2024 has its world premiere in Orkney on Friday, July 3.

It is incredible to think that stars such as Gracie Fields, George Formby and John Mills performed on the stage in the cinema at HMS Tern #Orkney during WW2. A stage which you can still visit today. See blog for more. #navalhistory hmstern.blog/2026/07/01/s...

If you like shiny, round pointy, stabby things, I highly recommend the new Scotland's First Warriors exhibition @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social It explores the history and technical development of #warfare in #Scotland . It's also free. #BronzeAge #IronAge #Roman #Prehistory #Edinburgh

The finds keep coming - today's update from site director Martin Carruthers.

Have you heard the news? A possible new stone or timber circle has been discovered at Machrie Moor on Arainn (Arran) using geophysical survey 🏔️ How do these techniques reveal hidden features below ground? Find out from the investigation's lead archaeologist: www.digitscotland.com/what-is-geop...

The collection of World War II artefacts at HMS Tern #Orkney includes a fuel tank from a Blackburn Skua aircraft that crashed into Scapa Flow during the Second World War. #navalhistory hmstern.blog/2026/06/28/u...

It's taken almost a week but we got down to the floor today .. maybe the first to touch those flagstones in centuries - great feeling 🤣... then the weather arrived ⚡️#Dunkeld

It's an #Angus sort of day for #SouterrainSaturday

This afternoon's online research seminar sees Miriam Sentler look at Exploring wind energy history in Shetland through research-creation and archival research.

My village! The language used to describe animals and their behaviour says a lot about our relationship with them and how we value them, especially wild species. Marauding, Parasites, nuisance, written as if they are to blame for our mismanagement #RedDeer #Scotland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#FindsFriday A nest of coarse stone tools found yesterday (25th June 2026) at the Cairns #Broch #Orkney. Laid out carefully and purposely in the area between the west room and central chamber 📸 Friends of the Cairns/Richard Barton #IronAge

Take a tour of Stromness Museum with our recent visitor Rosie, who very sensibly decided stripping wallpaper could wait until after a trip to the museum. Perfect prioritisation, Rosie!👌 www.tiktok.com/@justalittle...

The fabulous #Dunbeath #Museum in #Caithness is doing a programme of *Free* #Summer talks. If you are in the area come along, my talk is on 13th August if you want to know more about the #Archaeology of #RedDeer in #Scotland #Prehistory - all puns intended 🦌 #Heritage #Sutherland

There is ONE thing I am looking forward to this heatwave: Pictures of paschal candles that have melted in churches. Here's an example from a few years ago. It's my favourite phenomenon. Because, well... Look at it.

A film by UHI MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduate Lucy Carr-McClave is one of the finalists in the 2026 West Lothian Film Festival awards.

The Cairns dig diary - day 13. From volunteer Lauren English.

“In comic form [Robert] Bruce appeared … (somewhat bizarrely) in an issue of X-Men spin-off The New Mutants (#47, Jan 1987, ‘My Heart for the Highlands’)” —Dr @iainmacinnesuhi.bsky.social on the portrayal of the Scottish Wars of Independence in modern pop culture blog.history.ac.uk/2018/11/the-...

#AdoorableThursday Throw back to #London #Olympics 2012 and a very adorable girlie peeking through the door of a telephone box sculpture in the Olympic park 😍❤️

This is a fantastic project and a fabulous film. Well done to Lucy. The legacy of the @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social is so far reaching, inclusive, multidisciplinary and varied, exactly what #Archaeology excavation outcomes should be! #Orkney #Neolithic

Such a great film, a lovely time capsule of life in #Orkney during #WW2. Great to see the Bishops and Earls palaces too where I used to work 😍 #Archaeology #History #Scotland

Archaeologists are digging into the mysteries of Scotland's past this summer - and you're invited! 🌞 From Edinburgh to Orkney, the public are invited to visit sites and participate in investigations which could plug gaps in our knowledge of Scottish history: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...