A lovely group of authors to collaborate with for this one, and thanks to Sally and the @digitscotland.bsky.social team for keeping us all on track!

True rescue archaeology in action, amazing response from @whatkatiedigs.bsky.social and team to my urgent call for help! The work certainly shows the power of partnership working. The question now is, as we face more coastal change, what else will emerge in the future #scotland #archaeology #IronAge

Amazing to be part of this! Never had an archaeological emergancy before - truly a once in a lifetime site! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Radiocarbon dating shows these prints date to the late Iron Age — moments in the lives of people who walked this landscape two millennia ago, a few centuries before the first reference to the Picts. #Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen! More to follow! www.abdn.ac.uk/news/25127/?...

What does collaborative #archaeology look like behind the scenes? A new blog by undergrad Production Assistant Adrianna Wagner offers an insider look at how #SAA journal @saa-aap.bsky.social#archaeology#SAAuilds community, elevates diverse scholarship, and keeps #openaccess at its core. 🔗 https://cup.org/4rqRuKE

Made a few improvements to my online portfolio to provide more context with my reconstruction images. I'll include more paradata with the projects I post in future. With so many now questioning image authenticity because of AI, I feel it's more important than ever to declare my sources & references.

Most read in HGR: 'Looking Up for prehistoric hunter-gatherer archaeological sites in mountain landscapes in Europe' by @arctic-glacial.bsky.social, @diggermann.bsky.social, @graemewarren.bsky.social et al. Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/HGR-EUR @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social

Get creative by taking part in a competition to explain what the mysterious Neolithic Carved Stone Balls were used for. The competition is free, there are prizes, and the closing date is 19/09/2025 - see imagination-works.uk/competition/ for details and the online entry #pubarch #archaeology

The Later Prehistoric Finds Group (LPFG) have made the leap over to Bluesky! Follow us if you are interested in Later Prehistoric Finds! You can find our website here: laterprehistoricfinds.com #Archaeology #LaterPrehistory @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social

"Recently, there’s been a push to restore, reforest and rewild some of [Scotland's Highland & Island] landscapes" 🌲 @eddiecstewart.bsky.social explains how through archaeology we can challenge imagined “wild” pasts while still responding to the climate crisis: www.digitscotland.com/a-people-les...

NEW SAIR: Prehistoric and Medieval Activity at Grantown Road, Forres, Morayshire Read the latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, our open access peer-reviewed journal of excavations and large-scale surveys conducted in Scotland: journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sa...

Archaeology, wellbeing, enthusiastic volunteers, the Aberdeenshire countryside and the chance to learn about the Mesolithic - see below for more details of this event being delivered by one of our amazing groups in the region. #pubarch

Dunnideer Hillfort, near the village of Insch in Aberdeenshire. The fort is Iron Age in date, with the remains of a 13th-century tower within its ramparts. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #Prehistory #Aberdeenshire #Archaeology

In case you have missed it, the new #EAC guidelines on #LiDAR in #archaeology have now been published. It was a real joy to be a small part of the team who contributed to this, and a true pan-European collaborative endeavour! Available at zenodo.org/records/1460...

The sands are shifting once again along the Aberdeenshire coastline, this time exposing a previously unknown WWII coastal defence structure in the sands at Foveran, Newburgh. Not sure if a pillbox or something else. Thanks to the member of the public for taking the time to report it #archaeology

Nice coffee and visit to Mill of Benholm - worth a visit such a lovely location millofbenholm.scot

"If we tried to save every archaeological site, we would never build anything new again" 🚧 What happens when sites are found through development? And why aren't all discoveries made through developer-led archaeology saved? @diggermann.bsky.social explains: www.digitscotland.com/what-happens...

Great demonstration why we have a PhD advertised on coastal erosion at coastal forts. Pic left shows erosion scar on grass where a huge section of cultural deposits beneath are beginning to slump into sea. Pic Right shows more erosion @drtobydriver.bsky.social @diggermann.bsky.social

The annual Archaeological Research in Progress Conference (ARP), will be in Edinburgh, Sat 3 May 2025. The programme will reflect the most exciting, new and important archaeological research across Scotland. The call for papers is open now, you can find out more @ www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...

Pioneering spirit: Exploring the archaeology and history of The Glenlivet whisky is shortlisted for Current Archaeology’s Research Project of the Year. This includes work in Aberdeenshire! Voting is now open archaeology.co.uk/vote-now and I ask that you support this excellent project by the NTS

A nice Friday distraction for you - a snapshot from inside the Culsh Souterrain #Aberdeenshire These Iron Age structures, largely sitting underground, are were probably used for storing food and other goods. This example, emptied in 1850AD by the local farmer, is 10.4m long, 1.8m wide and 1.7m high.

In 1846 Frederick Douglass addressed over 70 meetings in Scotland. From 15 January we will begin once more posting about each one on their anniversary, with links to the full texts of newspaper reports of them.

Hello! TAFAC has migrated to Bluesky. We'd like to announce our new journal for 2024 (TAFAJ 30) was published in December and you can read it online for free, along with loads of other journals from past years. Please enjoy - for free www.tafac.org.uk/category/pub...

Here's a little festive present to you all. A wintry aerial photo of New Kinord, Dinnet #Aberdeenshire showing the snow-clad stone footings of an Iron Age settlement. The remains are a mixture of roundhouses, enclosures, and a souterrain (a form of semi-underground structure, probably for storage).

Looking out from the main entrance way of the Early Medieval hillfort which surrounds the striking granite tor of the Mither Tap, Bennachie in #Aberdeenshire Recent excavations by @northernpicts.bsky.social has started to reveal just how important this Pictish stonghold was at the time. #archaeology

For #IronworkThursday, here’s a fine row of grave enclosures along the south wall of the Kirk at Fyvie, Aberdeenshire.

Enjoy a selection of medieval faces from Elgin Cathedral #Moray #Scotland The skill of the stone masons never ceases to impress me, especially as these carvings would have been so high up that most people at the time wouldn’t have fully appreciated the level of detail. #Archaeology

Photograph of 'The Serpent Stone' at Newton House, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, by B Diveri, 1901

#FindsFriday Known about for years, this early 19thC iron-plate boat, 4.8m long, was finally rescued in 2022, conserved and now displayed in Garioch Heritage Centre, Inverurie #Aberdeenshire Research shows it's an incredibly rare example of an ice-breaker used on the former Inverurie-Aberdeen Canal.

Thanks to the various people who've followed in the past few days. Anyone interested in my research can find a recent article here: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

Metal detectorists range from good to bad. My recent extremes include ones illegally digging on a scheduled castle site through to a very responsible one who identified and reported for disposal a WWI No 15 ball grenade (see image below!) found on a beach. Most are doing the right thing thankfully.

#standingstonesunday Old Keig Recumbent Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire. Early Bronze Age in date, this is one of c70 surviving examples of this unique site type from NE Scotland. The big stone on side is the recumbent, the upright stones either side the flankers, then pairs of stones form the rest.

📢 Scotland calling! Aberdeen’s Global Scholarship programme offers qualifying self-funded international PGT students a £8,000 fee waiver when taking our taught Masters courses (on campus, full time). See: abdn.ac.uk/study/funding/…. Check eligibility here abdn.ac.uk/study/funding/ .

For #FindsFriday a flashback to 10 years ago when a farmer, claiming to have found an “interesting stone” during a phone call, had his daughter send me this pic. A very nice surprise! Early Medieval Pictish carved symbol stone from Dandaleith, Moray, Scotland. Now displayed in Elgin Museum.

Hello Everyone! Looking forward to reconnecting with the old and meeting the new having joined the exodus from that other place. Feeling a bit sheep like, but happy to say “baaa” for now until I find my feet as I know we are all doing this for the right reasons. Now, bring on #archaeology updates!

We recently enjoyed revisiting our #RiverDivie - #DunphailCastle - #RandolphsLeap route and have updated the guidance for this wonderfully scenic route ... 😀 bit.ly/3CppTPT #Walking #Hiking #RiverFindhorn #Findhorn #Divie #LogieSteading #Moray #Scotland

Hello Blue Sky! We are the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework based at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Follow us to find out all about our regional and thematic frameworks, events, workshops and activities. Find out more at: www.scarf.scot

Small ideas can lead to real change. It started as an idea for helping contractors in #Aberdeenshire now it’s a new standard across Scotland for delivering public benefit and adding social value in developer-led archaeology. We still need to do more, but it’s a start www.algao.org.uk/index.php/ne...