Photo of a loch with mountains in the background and seaweed on the rocky shore in the foreground
Seaweed grows wild and is abundant across Scotland, so it’s no surprise that it's been used here for millennia 🌊
Today, research into historic seaweed harvesting reminds us how these types of food sources can help us build a more sustainable future: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Gold ring which contains a purple amethyst-like stone inset and features an engraved floral decoration on the shoulders of the hoop
In 2019, this gold medieval ring was found on the top of a molehill within the grounds of Dundonald Castle in South Ayrshire 💍
Thought to have been an "elite object" around 500 years ago, it may have been brought to the surface by the mole’s digging activities: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
Scavengers Assemble
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Aerial photo of a beach with ‘shadow trees’ (pupils from the local school standing on tree stumps to represent the forest)
In 2018, @coastarch.bsky.social raced against the tide to investigate a submerged prehistoric forest on a beach in Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Outer Hebrides) 🌳
It's one of the many sites in Scotland that are under threat from erosion and rising sea levels: www.digitscotland.com/how-to-help-...
The Picts were always more than their blue-painted, bloodthirsty depictions. Carved in Stone, a new setting guide from @stoutstoat.co.uk and archaeologist Heather Christie, invites players to explore their incomplete but beautiful history.
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Carved standing stone in front of mountain landscape with the words Crowdfunding Campaign Launch over it
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Aerial view of a hillfort with the words Help Us Print Our New Book overlaid
HELP US PRINT: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
We are pleased to be supporting this event, which includes a talk on Ursula Clark’s photographs for ‘Architecture of Scotland’ by George Hay. A Fellow of the Society from 1953 to 1986, George was one of the most accomplished practitioners and interpreters of the distinctive architecture of Scotland.
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Photo of an excavated shallow trench in a field next to a river
NEW SAIR: From 2019-2020, archaeologists uncovered a significant site along the River Spey, comprising multiple phases of settlement, funerary activity, and craftworking.
Get the whole story in our latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report (SAIR): journals.socantscot.org/index.../sai...
Kelvin Wheelies backfilling team
Section drawing at Kelvin Wheelies
Skateboards
We backfilled the #KelvinWheelies trenches today. It’s been an amazing few days of skateboarding archaeology & I want to thank our awesome team, Kieran of Archaeology Scotland, Glasgow City Council, our funders @socantscot.bsky.social and the legend that is Jamie Blair of Clan Skates. 🛹
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Hot off the press! We are very excited to be launching this exciting church research project with our colleagues @socantscot.bsky.social, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Pilgrim Trust.
It's Free, in-person & online, but booking is essential 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-eve...
Stone bridge going over a river with overlaid text that reads: ScARF bursaries
Are you a student or early career researcher who wants to attend a conference or event in Scotland which is relevant to Scottish archaeology?
Our @scarf-scot.bsky.social project is offering bursaries which can contribute to registration, travel and accommodation costs: scarf.scot/students/stu...
Silver metal with words on it
NOMINATION DEADLINE: Dorothy Marshall Medal
Do you know someone who, in a voluntary capacity, has made an outstanding contribution to Scottish archaeological or related work?
Submit your nomination for the Dorothy Marshall Medal before midnight on 10 August 2025: www.socantscot.org/grants-prize...
Prof. Tommy Curry’s Society lecture on ‘The Ethnological Foundation of the Scottish Enlightenment’ is well worth a view: youtu.be/tFq6QBqN4sU?...
30.07.2025 15:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0An important part of a bigger story that has so far mainly focused on the University of Edinburgh
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Etching of Gunning’s estate near Rio de Janeiro with the words: New Guest Blog overlaid
NEW GUEST BLOG - The Gunning Victoria Jubilee Gift: Brazilian Slavery and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Dr Simon Buck writes about Dr Robert Halliday Gunning (1818-1900), new information on his links to slavery, and his connections to the Society: www.socantscot.org/news/guest-b...
Group of people in outdoor clothes in a rural and hilly area - one person is pointing at something
Want to delve into Bronze and Iron Age settlements, Roman activity and how Reivers, Covenanters and farmers shaped the landscape at Corehead in Dumfries & Galloway? 🥾
Don't miss this free walk with Uncovering the Tweed and the Borders Forest Trust on 9 August: www.digitscotland.com/events/walk-...
Imagine it’s the west of Ireland in 1847, during the Great Famine?
Starving men, women, children desperately try to get to the Workhouse or charity Soup Kitchens. British Red Coat soldiers line up on the road, fire, then bayonet wounded by the road, while laughing. 1/
Photo of a stone castle on a loch at the end of a bridge
SPONSORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT: We are delighted to support @scotarchforum.bsky.social's 2025 conference on the theme of Building Bridges.
Have something to say about collaboration, inclusivity and global engagement in Scottish archaeology? The abstract deadline is 31 July: www.scotarchforum.com/saf2025
Photo of the front of a grand mansion with gravel driveway
In 2023, volunteers uncovered a rare visible example of an early mine shaft at a 17th-century mansion in Stirlingshire 👷
Want to help investigate this unusual feature, no experience required? Register to join the team from 19 July before spaces fill up: www.digitscotland.com/events/banno...
Photo of a concrete radar ramp leading to a concrete WW2 bunker in a field
NEW RESEARCH REPORT: The Wartime Orkney Trail leaflets project
Read the report by Ian Collins FSAScot, who was awarded a Society grant to develop self-guided wartime trails exploring the rich archaeology left by 19th and 20th century military activity in Orkney: www.socantscot.org/.../the-wart...
It’s me! I can finally reveal that I’ve been appointed as the Research Officer for this vital project.
Hundreds of churches are currently closing or at risk here in Scotland. This work will rapidly assess our endangered heritage and work with communities to find solutions.
Would you like to get more involved? We’re recruiting a Community Officer for the project! Deadline 13th July.
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England wildlife regulator chair (pictured) ‘enthusiastic’ about lynx rewilding
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Faifley’s new school campus with Cochno Stone inspired design
Faifley’s new school campus with Cochno Stone inspired design
Exciting to see this coming together! It’s Faifley’s new school campus with Cochno Stone rock art inspired design and colour scheme. #UrbanPrehistory #FaifleyRocks
30.06.2025 17:15 — 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Aerial photo of the stone upstanding remains of a farm building, with several archaeological trenches revealed more underground stone foundations around it
Could the Norse hall found at Skaill Farm in 2019 have been home to Sigurd, a powerful chieftain mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga? 🍻
Visit the site from 7 July when @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social will return to uncover more of its 1,000-year history: www.digitscotland.com/events/skail...
Several people in trenches in a mountainous setting with buckets and piles of dirt near each trench
In Glencoe, @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @n-t-s.bsky.social are investigating an early modern township from 24 June to 8 July 🌄
Visit or volunteer, or head to their festival on 5 July to enjoy tours, storytelling, artefact handling and more: www.digitscotland.com/events/glenc...
#ScotlandDigs2025
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!
18.06.2025 13:46 — 👍 22 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 1
Aerial photo of a rocky hill summit surrounded by trees
NEW RESEARCH REPORT: Dundurn dendrochronological and radiocarbon analysis
Read the report by Fellows Prof Gordon Noble and Dr Anne Crone who were awarded a Society grant to dendro-date timbers from an early medieval Pictish site in Perth & Kinross: socantscot.org/uncategorize...
