Had a great day with the team visiting the Govan Stones, hearing all about the work that Govan Workspace are doing to create a viable future & getting a tour from Prof Driscoll himself. Make sure you visit when they reopen in 2026 thegovanstones.org.uk #TombTuesday (given the Govan Sarcophagus)

Ballymeanoch #StandingStoneSunday

Our next seminar is Tuesday 4 November at 6pm Peter Guest will be talking on 'Feeding the Roman Army in Britain ' Once again the seminar will take place in the Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, University of Edinburgh.

Turns out on this day in 2014 I was at Hambledon Hill with @nts-archaeology.bsky.social and @nattrustarch.bsky.social #HillfortsWednesday

Vertical kite photo of Edin's Hall / Odin's Hall / Edinshall broch #ScottishBorders showing the full extent of the earlier bivallate hillfort and pre-broch roundhouses Proper lovely 😍 🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011 For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html #HillfortsWednesday

Heading through to Glasgow Cathedral later today to see what is found at the top of the well by Clyde Archaeology. The archaeology of tourism and contemporary ritual offerings?

Our first seminar of the season is tomorrow, Tuesday 7 October at 18:00 Tanja Romankiewicz will be presenting on '"Another Wall of Turf": the Antonine Wall in the context of Roman turf building' Please note that in a departure from the norm we are in the Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre

Bad, enraging, archaeological process Bad, enraging, use of archaeology It's the duty of all #archaeologists to condemn this nationalistic use of #archaeology by Israel to support it's genocidal, warmongering aims www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Save the dates for FMSG 2025-26 👇

Sept 16: Feast of Nynia (Ninian) (C5th), British bishop and apostle associated with early church Candida Casa / Hwit Aerne, 'White House’, (Whithorn, Galloway). His shrine remains a popular pilgrimage-place. 📸AOC Archaeology #medievalsky

Draft chapters for the South West Scotland Archaeological Research Framework are now live and we'd love your feedback! You can comment directly on the framework through the ScARF website. More info about the drafts and our commenting feature can be found in our latest newsletter: bit.ly/42hUYVx

For #RomanFortThursday the spectacular earthworks of Ardoch Roman Fort likely dating to the mid-2nd century AD The Romans repeatedly used the area as a halting-place on a major axis of communication may be gauged by the number of temporary camps which have been detected in the fields to the north

Just back from the amazing Friends @crookston.bsky.social Castle fun day at the castle As you can see the crowds were amazing, queuing to get in with nearly 1000 people attending, twice the expected number. Part of 3 days of community engagement, including the geophysical survey of the castle

Great to see this Castle Studies Trust funded project at Historic Scotland's (and @nts-archaeology.bsky.social) Crookston Castle underway

#OTD 28 August 1571, Marye, lady Seton, the earl of Huntlye, Sir James Balfour, William Maitland of Lethington, and Marie Fleming make and sign an inventory of jewels in Edinburgh Castle

#ManuscriptMonday + #MusicMonday : Bagpiping piggy! 🐷🎶 Illustration in a ca. 16th c. Irish illuminated manuscript: Dindshenchas, RIA MS D ii 2, f.34r. @ria.ie : www.isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_D...

Historic Environment Scotland have just published published Conserving our Underwater Heritage. Non statutory guidance note. www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and...

One for @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social - I was reading this morning about the Asda 'Price Promise' stones that were erected across the country in the 90s loststonesofasda.wordpress.com Some are definitely on the way to being archaeological monuments, such as this one in Trumfleet, South Yorkshire

Three entries for #ADoorAbleThursday this week, all from the cloister of the Cluniac priory in Carennac which I visited earlier this week. The fledgling Swifts? were having a well deserved rest on the hood moulding of the door into the church

Ok so it's not prehistoric but it is stone and it is standing, and it is Sunday. I did some very rough and ready Structure from Motion after my visit to St Orland's Stone the other week. Really helped pull out the detail of the carvings #StandingStoneSunday

Lovely to see dendrochronology and community research going hand-in-hand to solve this mystery www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New discovery: Archaeologists have uncovered a rare, intact Etruscan chamber tomb – a discovery hailed as one of the most significant finds in recent decades for understanding the ancient pre-Roman civilization.  news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2... 🏺

#AskAnArchaeologist Day is on Bluesky this year! 🏺 Get your questions ready for this Friday, when tons of archaeologists will be on hand to answer your #archaeology queries. @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

My colleague Sam has written a blog about his scientific analysis of a probable (early?) medieval cross pendant from Dumbarton Castle for me. Raising more questions than it answers! blog.engineshed.scot/2025/07/09/u... #FindsFriday

I missed this over the weekend but it's great to see that the megaliths of Carnac have been inscribed as a World Heritage Site

Over the last few days I've ticked off four more of our sites that I'd not visited before 1. Restenneth Priory 2. Preston Market Cross 3. Eassie Sculptured Stone 4. St Orland's Stone

It was great to be able to pop in yesterday afternoon and see my pals @nts-archaeology.bsky.social excavation in the walled garden at House of Dun How is it 12 years since I was last there digging with them?!? If you get the chance head along and see them, some very interesting archaeology already

For #TombTuesday the Jedburgh Abbey shrine, likely dating to the 8th or 9th centuries AD. The panel design of vines, in which birds, mice and other animals sit eating the grapes, is found in Anglo-Saxon Christian art, especially Northumbrian sculpture. You can see it in the Abbey Visitor Centre

Been trying to decide if this is better suited for #HillfortsWednesday or #FindsFriday Our new exhibition at Dumbarton Castle opened this week. It sheds some light on the stronghold of Alt Clut & has previously unseen artefacts from the 1970s excavation It's quite the transformation #Archaeology

#adoorablethursday live from Jedburgh Abbey OK, I cheated with the last two as they're from the model of the abbey!

Last 24 hours to apply for this!

With fellows of the @socantscot.bsky.social, we started the "Hidden Voices" project of which I am very proud! We work to enhance the biographies and contributions of women archaeologists to the field. Check out our new website and drop us a line if you'd be interested in joinning us!

#HillfortsWednesday Castlelaw hillfort in the Pentlands was excavated in the 1930s by the Edinburgh League of Prehistorians, led by Gordon Childe. A well- preserved souterrain was found built into the ditch of the inner rampart, and has been capped with concrete to make it accessible to visitors

Very exciting to see the results of dendro and C14 analysis at Dundurn confirming building activity in the 7th century. And on top of that, it's contributing to the further development of the tree-ring sequence for the Early Historic period

This was a very interesting read from the Highland Folk Museum about an unusual type of pottery from Lewis www.highlifehighland.com/highlandfolk...

We are currently recruiting for a Cultural Resources Trainee to join our team at Historic Environment Scotland. You will be introduced to cultural resources management and learn how to apply it to the HES estate. Every day is different! More details 👇 ekov.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Heavy Metal Gates 🤘

Can't wait to get stuck in to all of this

Some wildfire smoke blew into NYC last week and turned the evening sun an atypical reddish-pink. It turns out that history’s great painters have captured changes in the sun’s hue like this so well that paintings can be used to fill gaps in the climate record! 1/6 ⚛️🧪

Somehow managed to mess up the link thanks to @sarahmay1.bsky.social for pointing out www.surveymonkey.com/r/76Y6QSY Big #heritage Survey 2025

If you work in the #heritage sector in any role please spend 5 minutes to complete @prospectunion.bsky.social Big Heritage Survey 2025 We want to hear from both members & non-members & the results are incredibly important for our campaigning Link below ⬇️ 📝https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/76Y6QSY

Place-names make a unique contribution to our understanding of how we humans have interacted with our environment over the centuries. Join us for six lectures exploring Scottish place-names, sponsored by Ordnance Survey. Free online tickets are still available: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhind-lect...

@theguardian.com this is very very poor...

My talented colleagues at Historic Environment #Scotland have written, directed and starred in an excellent video for Doune Castle and the new 'Park and Stride' facilities for visitors www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tgq... Fans of Monty Python & The Holy Grail should spot a few easter eggs along the way

Are you an employer, sole trader or organisation in the heritage sector? It is vital that we hear your views on skills needs & gaps, on training provision, to help monitor the health of the sector & feed into planning for programmes of support haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/development-...

May 16: Feast of Brénainn mac Findloga (Brendan the Navigator) († c.577), founder-abbot of Cluain Fearta (Clonfert, Ireland). According to his Life, he also founded a monastery on Ailech in the Hebrides, which has been identified with Eileach an Naoimh, pictured. 📸Rude Health #medievalsky

An absolutely glorious day on Inchcolm Island. Showing colleagues round the 20th century military remains and the medieval abbey

I’m old enough to remember the days when there was no Upper Palaeolithic in Scotland…

#reliefwednesday The early medieval and medieval stone collection in the Abercorn micro-museum includes cross shafts, hogback stones Located in the Session House, the collection is accessible at most reasonable times www.trove.scot/designation/...