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

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Anyone going to see Fortriu Fury tour the Northern Isles in 2026? Should be fairly raucous...! Remember 10% off all products with code TAKE10 at checkout for Black Friday! npixts.teemill.com

Our latest stretch goal achieved - you folks are amazing!! Thanks so much for all the support! You can still sign up for a copy though till the end of the Kickstarter on 6 December. www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...

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New NPixts hoodie just landed. I love it when a plan comes together.... npixts.teemill.com/product/i-lo...

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We have had a fabulous start for the kickstarter for printed versions of the Rhynie big book, but we need MORE! Please support our project by buying yourself a printed copy of the Rhynie monograph! You have till 6th December to do so! www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...

NEW Were the Picts of northern Scotland wiped out by Viking conquest? New radiocarbon dates from the 1st millennium AD settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney paint a more complex picture of cultural interaction in the Northern Isles. #AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵 @northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology

Now's your chance to make Pictish history. Please buy a copy of our Rhynie big book - you have till 6th December to order!

New NPixts Furnace of the Damned Band T-shirt just landed in the NPixts store. Touring Northern Pictland in 2026 including Forres, Lossie, Burghead, Findhorn and Johnny Foxes Inverness 🤣🤣🤣 Free UK post till midnight Sunday! npixts.teemill.com/product/furn... npixts.teemill.com/product/furn...

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A new consideration of the chronology of the key settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney - shows that the buildings here belong firmly in the Pictish tradition. This leads to a wider consideration of the timings and character of the Viking Age in the Northern Isles. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Gearing up for Xmas at the NPixts teemill store. All profits support Northern Picts research so stock up those stockings! npixts.teemill.com/collection/x...

Well no doubt we’ve got a massive shell midden at the Sands of Forvie - over 0.5m of shell deposits showing up in some of our test pits. Samples retrieved - we’ll let you know how old the site is as soon as we get the radiocarbon dates! Wonderful effort by our Level 3 University of Aberdeen students

This weekend we’ve been out with our third year UoA UG students investigating shell Middens at the Sands of Forvie on the Ythan estuary. Around 15 years ago we dug a series of middens at Forvie that turned out to be Pictish in date. Will this prove to be another example!? Early results look 👌

Quite the sky at Old Aberdeen campus

Recently back from filming for BBC’s Digging for Britain showcasing the wonderful finds from East Lomond. The fab @theAliceRoberts and my daughter snuck Gerald the 🦧 on set so hopefully he’ll appear. Tune in and keep your eyes peeled for great finds and 🦧on the new series

Recently back from filming for BBC’s Digging for Britain showcasing the wonderful finds from East Lomond. The fab @theAliceRoberts and my daughter snuck Gerald the 🦧 on set so hopefully he’ll appear. Tune in and keep your eyes peeled for great finds and 🦧on the new series

Well quite blown away by this one - our archaeology department at the University of Aberdeen ranked NO 1 in the UK for Archaeology and Forensic Sciences.....! Many many thanks to our wonderful students for their wonderful engagement and feedback with what we do! Go Aberdeen!!!!

Celebrate a Pict Autumn With 10% Off From the 19th-22nd, get 10% off any order with code TENOFF. All proceeds to Northern Picts projects. We now have a much improved kids range and a lot more merch! Check out our new products! npixts.teemill.com

Archaeology at Aberdeen Top 10 in the UK in the Guardian rankings for Anthropology and Archaeology 2026. Go team! www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

It's what you have all been waiting for - a new NPixts t-shirt design has landed. For all you Fifers out there, or just those who like spear-wielding Pictish warriors! npixts.teemill.com/product/figh... npixts.teemill.com/product/figh...

Well last full day on site and we got the quintessential Pictish artefacts today- painted pebbles! What finds from Charlotte, Ben and Matthew! Always wanted to find these ❤️❤️❤️

Another great day - one of the finds of the day was a lovely bone comb fragment found by Niamh !

John Ralph is at it again- a beautiful bone pin from the lower citadel! ❤️❤️❤️

John Ralph is at it again- a beautiful bone pin from the lower citadel! ❤️❤️❤️

Cracker of a day yesterday at Burghead with one of the star finds being this beautiful bead found by Patrick one of our University of Aberdeen undergraduate students.

Well that was an absolutely phenomenal Day of the Picts. Thanks to the over 500 people who visited, chatted, toured, took part! We are blown over by the response and enthusiasm! Now for a well earned day of for our dig team!

Last night to keep the team spirits going we had a bin bag fashion show. Highlights included the three rhynie men, buttercup the horse, the grim reaper and a Pictish warrior. Rules- half hour to make costumes, only one prop allowed.

Next week - a talk on the excavations at Burghead Pictish Fort 2015-2025. All welcome!

There was a shout for find of the day at 9:21am this morning and it did indeed turn out to be the find of the day - found by our University of Aberdeen Certificate student Andy! What a beauty of a bone pin from the Pictish fort at Burghead! #historicenvironmentscotland @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social

There was a shout for find of the day at 9:21am this morning and it did indeed turn out to be the find of the day - found by our University of Aberdeen Certificate student Andy! What a beauty of a bone pin from the Pictish fort at Burghead! #historicenvironmentscotland @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social

Well the dig hasn’t really gotten properly started but Burghead 2025 off to a flyer with local Detectorist Tom helping us find a lovely brooch pin in the upper citadel- from the 8th-9th century AD levels. #Burghead2025 #historicenvironmentscotland #uoa_archaeology

Still time to register as an online student for our two-year part-time Certificate of Archaeology! September 2025 starts! Study from anywhere in the world or even on our beautiful historic campus www.abdn.ac.uk/study/underg...

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