Home from the #Hebrides time to dry out

Hooray!! The first ripe tomato of the year #vegetables

From our last day in South #Uist Reineval cairn .. left to survive 4000 years and more

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-...

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

The medieval chapels of Howmore #SouthUist #archaeology

Not a single flower but a square from the South #Uist machar.. the most wonderful flowers shining through the rain and mists #wildflowerhour

Free the o'Quoynune 1!

Cladh Hallah in #Uist where ancestory matters and the secrets of #RoundHouses remain

Amazing from every angle Barpa Langlais #Uist

From #Eriskay for #WildFlowerhour

What an amazing #StandingStoneSunday at Pobull Fhinn Stone circle on #NorthUist

Fab visit to Kilvaxter on Skye for #souterrainSaturday

🌧️ Rain drops today! From James Hutton's Theory of Rain to Mackintosh coats, Tam O'Shanter to Daemonologie – explore Scotland's obsession with wet weather in our new exhibition, 'Rain'. 📅 Until 30 April 2027 📌 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh 🎟️ Free entry

There we were on a sunny crossing from Uig to Lochmaddy in #NorthUist when the visitors arrived!

The wonderful #Dunvegan castle, gardens and museum #Skye

On Skye wandering from Dun beag broch to Dun Mor for #HillfortWednesday

The mysteries of the past can never be known .. but the evidence suggests a long forgotten importance. High pasture cave #Skye

Nice morning in #Ballachulish .. thinking about the figurine the national museum, finding cup marks and exploring the moss #ArchaeologyMonday

#wildflowerhour in #Glencoe summer showers

Some of the most colourful finds from #Roman & #IronAge times are made from #glass. At #Trimontium, broken bottles were recycled into glass beads & bangles, & these constitute some of our favourite objects in the collection.  Come & see them for yourself at our wonderful museum!

The Cairns dig diary - day 14: An amazing day for unearthing artefacts. Site director Martin Carruthers' update is now live at archaeologyorkney.com.

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

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

So pleased with my garden

Beautiful clear rampart remains at #Dunsinane for #hillfortWednesday

Another digging day with a few more breaks to cope with the Scottish heat 🤣

Progress indeed at StJerome's chapel #Dunkeld

First day of ground prep in the hunt for St Jerome's chapel #Dunkeld

It's #SouterrainSaturday from #Tealing with magnificent #rockart

A long ago summer I saw this in a kirkyard dyke in #Aberdeenshire #FindsFriday

Lots of fun digging at kings Seat hill fort today #Dunkeld and thanks to Donald the visiting artist

It's been a fab day digging up on King Seat # Dunkeld #hillfortWednesday

On Rousay for #TombTuesday

It's been a good day with the #Roman empire at the fabulous #TrimontiumTrust

Fabulous walks in #Angus .. today we celebrated the #Ninemaidens in Glen Oglivie

Perfect day for lazing in the meadow #wildflowerhour

Favourite places in #Meigle for #StandingStoneSunday

🎉 Happy Quinquatrus Minusculae! – Music, Merriment, & Minerva! 🎉🪈 🎶 On the Ides of #June ancient Rome rang with the lively sounds of the tibicines—musicians who played the tibia, a double-reeded wind instrument descended from the Greek aulos.

The primary function remains on unknown #souterrainsaturday in. #Tayside

📢 We are seeking papers for our online conference! We welcome proposals from researchers, students, independent scholars, and community historians exploring women’s and gender history in Scotland/ Scottish context 📝 Abstracts due 1 July 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/2026/05/04/c... Please share!

“The extent to which current & future generations will experience a hotter & different world depends on choices now & in the near-term.” Let’s make those choices now #ClimateAction

Looking upwards #HamptonCourtPalace

Door to door in #Lucca #Addorabledoors

Looking forward to @archscot.bsky.social's European Archaeology Days event next week - three great speakers exploring different aspects of heritage at risk within Scottish archaeology: 🗓 Friday 12 June 💻 Online, Free 🎟 Booking: igit.me/xxOT5 Please share - thank you!

One from the archives from June 2022 Tap O Noth #Rhynie #HillfortWednesday

And from Spain #Antequera for #TombTuesday

Just hiding in the Angus Farmscape - the best souterrain in the county #Airlie

It's been a Pictish sort of day in Aberlemno .. great to meet Flemington2