One of our students, Konrad, has been up in Shetland. The aim has been to 3D scan all of Shetland Museum and Archives Pictish painted pebbles using photogrammetry. The work has been funded by the Findlay Harris Dick prize at the University of Aberdeen. Thanks to Shetland Amenity Trust.

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Our open day at East Lomond a week tomorrow!

Can’t believe Scotland are up against a Rowie on the Moroccan side

Day 3 #KingsSeat2026: A huge day! The rampart was far more complex than expected, with multiple charred timbers, intense burning and vitrified stone showing extremely high temperatures during its destruction. Dating samples taken, and finally evidence of occupation inside! 🔥🏺⛏️

Fabulous second day of test pitting the southern enclosure of the Pictish hillfort at King’s Seat, Dunkeld. Although robbed out, two of our trenches show that the rampart was timber framed and had been extensively destroyed by fire with large burnt oak beams surviving

Bigger and better than ever - the Annual Day of the Picts at Burghead will be on the 22nd of August this year. Get it in your diaries!

Some serious new 3D printing kit in our new labs at the University of Aberdeen! Watch this space!

We are looking forward to welcoming our new cohort of one year Master's (MSc) students to Aberdeen this Autumn! Not got your application in yet? Don’t panic, there’s still time! Check out our courses here: www.abdn.ac.uk/geosc.../deg...

We are looking forward to welcoming our new cohort of one year Master's (MSc) students to Aberdeen this Autumn! Not got your application in yet? Don’t panic, there’s still time! Check out our courses here: www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/...

Very pleased to say there is a new print run of the Rhynie monograph - but get your copies while you can as about a 1/3 or this second run is already sold! socantscot.org/rhynie

Lovely obituary of Anna Ritchie: www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Recently talked to Pete Kelly from the History Time: Unearthed podcast, about Rhynie, Tap o’Noth and recent work at Burghead. Hae a listen o this! Loving some of the comments too 🤣🤣🤣! Always an armchair expert or three!! 🤣 m.youtube.com/watch?v=XTwO...

If you are in the Cardiff area next week - don't forget I'll be giving a British Academy lecture on our work at Burghead! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/lectu...

Come join our team as our new Zooarchaeology research technician in our shiny new labs!! Closing date: 25/5/2026 www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/tech...

New lines added to NPixts Store: The Great Wave of Pictavia and the Great Flood! And this weekend - all orders on the NPixt merch store get free UK shipping till Monday midnight! Get yourself some cool Pictish merch and support the Northern Picts project do more research! npixts.teemill.com

This weekend: Big Spring Freepost. All orders on the NPixt merch store get free UK shipping Friday-Monday midnight! Get yourself some cool Pictish merch and support the Northern Picts project do more research! What a deal! npixts.teemill.com

So between our Birlinn volumes King in the North and Picts: Scourge of Rome, Rulers of the North, there has been almost 12,000 books sold to date! Not bad for the old Picts!

Did you know that our Alumni Postgraduate Scholarship caps tuition fees at just £7,000 for Aberdeen graduates www.abdn.ac.uk/study/fundin... • MSc Archaeology / MSc Archaeology of the North/ Vikings • MSc Osteoarchaeology • MSc Cultural Heritage • MSc Biomolecular Archaeology

British Academy postdoctoral fellowships for the Arts and Humanities. Get in touch if you want to explore projects with us at Aberdeen! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Free UK post and 10% off for today only on the NPixts merch store! All profits go to research projects on the Picts! use the EARTH10 code at checkout. npixts.teemill.com/collection/m...

For all our Danish followers out there - an article in the Danish magazine Historie on Rhynie! historienet.dk/kultur/arkae...

The book launch and our work at Rhynie made the Beeb! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Great to see @socantscot.bsky.social new publication Rhynie - A Powerful Place in Pictland @northernpicts.bsky.social landing on people’s doorsteps! Thanks to all the funders and backers we have this gorgeous print copy for sale as well as free #OpenAccess books.socantscot.org/digital-book... 🏺

Finally got my hands on a copy myself. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland have done an incredible job producing this! Looks absolutely gorgeous! Celebrated with a pie from the bakers on the High Street on our Old Aberdeen campus! 🥧🥰📖📒 Buy a copy: fellows.socantscot.org/shop/shop-pr...

Very exciting delivery this morning! @northernpicts.bsky.social @socantscot.bsky.social! #Rhynie #Scotland #earlymedieval #IronAge #Picts

Hugely excited and proud to say the Rhynie monograph is now published! This is one of the most important sites and landscapes ever discovered for understanding the Picts and the development of the early Pictish kingdoms #careergoalunlocked! #Pictsarethebest! books.socantscot.org/digital-book...

Great questions! 🌍🌐🦊🙏 The Wild Imperative: Rewilding in the Anthropocene journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The dig t-shirt for East Lomond has landed. Referencing a famous UFO sighting near Newton of Falkland in 1996, this is the dig t-shirt of the season - it's literally out of this world 🤣🤣🤣 npixts.teemill.com/product/east...

Myself and Dr Elisabeth Niklasson from our department will be talking at this conference at Perth Museum on Saturday - book your tickets now! www.culturepk.org.uk/event/the-st...

Our Cultural Heritage at University of Aberdeen lecturer Dr Elisabeth Niklasson was recently in London to receive a Philip Leverhulme Prize in Archaeology. Well done Elisabeth!

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Teaching post in Cultural Heritage at our Department: www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/teac...

Till Sunday midnight - free shipping on all UK orders! All profits go to Northern Picts research! Merry xmas! npixts.teemill.com

I wrote an accessible summary of some of our recent work for the online Dutch Celtic Studies publication Kelten. You can read it here! kelten.vanhamel.nl/k-jaarboek-2...

Excited to see Leverhulme Research Leadership Awardee, Professor Gordon Noble @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social, talk about his work at the @britishacademy.bsky.social's flagship Lecture programme that showcases the very best scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Sign up now! 👇

Stunning work! #Archaeology 🏺 www.abdn.ac.uk/news/25127/

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/?...

Due to work at Woodhill House Rhynie Man has gone on his holidays to Aberdeenshire Museums Service HQ in Mintlaw. Details below on how to go visit him! www.livelifeaberdeenshire.org.uk/museums/rhyn...

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OPEN ACCESS - 'Stone and the gods: religious cognition and stone carving in first millennium AD northern Britain'. This World Archaeology article examines the origins of naturalistic stone carving in Northeast Scotland. Download, read, and share widely! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I’ve been lucky enough to be asked to give the Sir John Rhys Memorial Lecture to the British Academy on Thursday 21st May in Cardiff where I’ll present our latest research results on the major Pictish and Viking Age centre at Burghead, Moray. Sign up! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/lectu...

For #HillFortsWednesday - Boyne Bay, Portsoy, a castle site in Moray Scotland. Earlier finds from the promontory hint at an earlier fort or settlement here

Thankfully it's #HillfortsWednesday 🍻🥳🙀 Here's our fabulous @rcahmwales.bsky.social Sketchfab model of the incredible St David's Head coastal promontory fort in Pembrokeshire, surveyed just before Christmas The rock terrain created a very special place to live ⛰️ Browse online here: skfb.ly/pFoXw

Until midnight 12th January (GMT), 10% off all purchases with the code EXTRA10 at checkout. Spend your Xmas pennies here! All Proceeds to NPicts research! npixts.teemill.com

Not quite Pictish, but some remarkable finds from Iron Age Norfolk! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New year special- free uk post until midnight Sunday- spend your Xmas pennies here! All Proceeds to NPicts research! npixts.teemill.com

A treat for you in the New Year - the work at East Lomond, a major Pictish and late Roman fort conducted by Northern Picts and the Falkland Stewardship Trust will feature on the new series of Digging for Britain. The episode will be broadcast on the 28th January at 20:00 on BBC2.

#PictishSymbolStoneFriday The McManus Art Gallery and Museum, Dundee. Some fabulous Pictish symbol stones! stunning examples…

Friday to Sunday - free socks when you spend over £25 at the NPixts store - Use the code SOCKY All profits go to Northern Picts research! Merry xmas! npixts.teemill.com