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Nice to publish more GUARD Archaeology research, revealing aspects of the iron bloomery industry during the medieval period in Argyll #archaeology #argyll
Investigations of three bloomery mounds by Lock Eck in Argyll revealed an important but largely concealed medieval industry. This archaeological research, undertaken by GUARD Archaeologists, has recently been published in the latest ARO archaeologyreportsonline.com…
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I visited the @ArchScot community excavations at Haylie chambered cairn in Largs this morning. Such a nice project & a beautiful megalith!
ALT Chambered cairn sign
ALT Excavation at Haylie chambered cairn
ALT Haylie chambered cairn
We are happy to announce the winner of the latest GUARD Staff photo competition (the theme was summer). Check out the shortlist guard-archaeology.tumblr.com…
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@4_consulting Discover why Galloway and Macleod and Crawford Architecture became #employeeowned at a Co-operative Development Selling Your Business webinar on 17 Sep. Book a place: bit.ly/4eZ9tVt
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Three #Roman leather shoes, for (l-r) a man, woman, & child. Found in an ancient well at Bar Hill fort on the Antonine Wall (Scotland), they're beautifully crafted pieces of footwear, & show that the military communities had access to a bit of luxury even on the frontiers...
Some folk in Erskine may not be aware that they inhabit the same space where a Bronze Age settlement once was. The archaeological remains, long buried and forgotten, have been brought to light in the latest @Arch_Rep_Online publication #archaeology guard-archaeology.co.uk/GALN…
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In the latest ARO (70!) excavations at Northbar in Erskine revealed burials and settlement from the early to middle Bronze Age, providing evidence of funerary activity and daily life including crop production and processing, animal husbandry and weaving archaeologyreportsonline.com…
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Latest ARO (69!) just published, following excavations by @GUARD_Archaeol that revealed a well-constructed road through a landscape of transient Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and post-medieval activity archaeologyreportsonline.com…
We are thrilled that the Carnoustie Hoard is now on display at the National Museum of Scotland in their newly begun Scotland's First Warriors exhibition. To find out the whole story of how it got there, check out the Carnoustie blog guard-archaeology.co.uk/carn…
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Maureen Kilpatrick of @GUARD_Archaeol on the most recent episode of The British Food History Podcast 'Food & Agriculture in Prehistoric & Medieval Scotland'.
The full episode is on your favourite podcast app, YouTube & my blog:
britishfoodhistory.com/2026/…
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As we approach our dig at Chatelherault Country Park, we should highlight the historic landscape going back thousands of years. Neolithic to Iron Age in the Avon Valley. Check out reports for Ferniegair and Larkhall on @GUARD_Archaeol website.
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New episode of The British Food History Podcast out now: Food & Agriculture in Prehistoric & Medieval Scotland with Maureen Kilpatrick.
We talk about Guardbridge, Fife, excavated by @GUARD_Archaeol. Finds ranged from the Stone Age to the 13th century.
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We are happy to announce the shortlist of May's GUARD Staff ‘photo of the month’ competition (the theme was May Day) check them out #Archaeology guard-archaeology.tumblr.com…
Nice to see again that Roman brooch we found near Girvan!
New draft chapters for the @SWScot_ARF project are now available! You can explore and comment on the Iron Age and Roman Campaigns drafts at bit.ly/4osL2SW
There's still space to join us at the upcoming SWSARF Workshops in Ayr and Dumfries: bit.ly/4evR3tF
ALT Roman brooch found at Curragh, South Ayrshire © GUARD Archaeology
How the excavation of one hillfort in Galloway unexpectedly connected the dots of several early medieval sites in this region of SW Scotland #HillfortsWednesday #Scotland #Britain #Celtic youtube.com/watch?v=_cGmT5y7…
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Congratulations to R. Alan Williams, Benjamin Roberts et al., winners of the 2026 #AntiquityPrize!
Their research found south-west Britain was an important tin source in the Bronze Age, including for the major civilisations of the Eastern Mediterranean!
#AntiquityThread 1/16 🧵
ALT A tidal island with a castle built on it (St. Michael's Mount), overlaid with the text 'Did British tin forge the European Bronze Age? Antiquity Prize 2026. From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean? R. Alan Williams, Mariacarmela Montesanto, Kamal Badreshany, Daniel Berger, Andy M. Jones, Enrique Aragón, Gerhard Brügmann, Matthew Ponting, and Benjamin W. Roberts.' Copyright Alan Williams, Project Ancient Tin.
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Neolithic bunkerology
For some reason it took us ages to work out how to open the entrance to Wideford Hill cairn on Mainland, Orkney. Once inside, you descend into this 5,000-year-old hallowed space via a helpful (modern) ladder! Amazing #TombTuesday
ALT Sliding entrance to Wideford Hill cairn, sea in distance
ALT Ladder descending into cairn past ancient stones
How a sherd of a ceramic olive jar revealed traces of trade routes from Hapsburg Spain to post-medieval Leith #FindsFriday #Archaeology #Leith guard-archaeology.co.uk/inde…
The Archaeological Research in Progress Conference is being held in Dumfries on Saturday; will include a talk on some recent work of ours. Not the first time we've uncovered some interesting archaeology in this neck of the woods #ARP2026 #Archaeology youtube.com/watch?v=_cGmT5y7…
We are happy to announce the shortlist of April's GUARD Staff ‘photo of the month’ competition (the theme was Spring; check them out) guard-archaeology.tumblr.com…
