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Hi All, We've made the migration to Bluesky. Find us at: coastarch.bsky.social We'll keep this account active for a few more weeks before making the move permanent in the New Year. All the best for 2025! The SCAPE Team

@DigItScotland @falklandestate @UoA_Archaeology @aocarchaeology @NtlMuseumsScot @wessexarch @Dendrochronicle @UofGArchaeo @HistEnvScot @ScotArchStrat Great work! Love all the sites!

A Pictish spearbutt which may have been used in close combat, a unique 'Celtic' bangle, and a rare shipwreck are just some of Scotland's most amazing archaeological discoveries from 2024 🤩 Dig into our list of finds which range from 4100 BC to the 1980s: digitscotland.com/five-of-scotla…

Happy #InternationalVolunteerDay! Are you looking to develop skills, make friends, build your CV, explore Scotland's stories and/or make a difference? Check out our volunteer portal for opportunities with history, culture & nature organisations: volunteer.makeyourmark.scot

We're very excited to see #HESfunded "Salt" nominated for a @Saltire_Society Literary Award. Congratulations to all the community researchers involved!

Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Report for Kintyre 📣 Earlier this year, CHARTS Project facilitator Muriel MacKaveney took part in @CoastArch archaeological coastal surveys of Kintyre. To read about her experience + the report, visit⬇️ bit.ly/chartssta 📸SCAPE Trust

🧂Some exciting news about Salt - Scotland's Newest Oldest Industry! It's been shortlisted for The Saltire Society Literary Awards 2024 for Research Book of the Year 🙌 Winners will be announced tomorrow: saltiresociety.org.uk/the-saltire-so… #ScotArchStrat

Exciting news! Salt – Scotland’s Newest Oldest Industry has been short-listed for the Saltire Society Literary Awards 2024 Research Book of the Year! Many congratulations to all of those involved. A great example of community research from around Scotland! saltiresociety.org.uk/the-saltire-so…

The Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Report for Kintyre is here! 98 archaeological sites were recorded with amazing volunteers. scapetrust.org/.../reports/Ki… Highlights: 🔹 18th c. quay at Tayinloan 🔹 1905 radio station at Machrihanish 🔹 Maritime heritage gems #HESsupported #CoastArch

@_welshy @DundonaldCastle Awsome! Congrats!

What an amazing night at the Scottish #ThistleAwards Still can't believe our wee community heritage charity won the national award for Celebrating Thriving Communities Couldn't be part of a better team @DundonaldCastle 🏰❤️

@drsimongilmour Absolutely! We'll add it to the reading list! We're just about to start our report on our recent work on Harris so this will be really useful.

@CoastArch This might be useful too! fellows.socantscot.org/shop/shop-prod…

🚨 New Blog 🚨 Britain's WWII coastal radar stations were vital in detecting enemy aircraft, playing a key role in the Battle of Britain. We’ve recently recorded some of these important sites. Read more in our blog scapetrust.org/defending-scot… #HESsupported #CoastArch #ScotArchStrat

Upcoming seminar, 14 Nov, 5pm GMT: 'Portages and Inland Waterways: Travel and Communication in Scandinavian Scotland', by Prof @alexsanmark @INS_UHI. Hybrid and open to all: in person at 50-52 College Bounds, CB009 or register to join online docs.google.com/forms/d/1gRRXe…

On the south coast of Kintyre is an intriguing stone with an unusual name - the Rat Stane🐀This medieval font can be found below Pennyseorach Farm and still holds strong local folklore traditions, during our visit we found quartz pebbles and coins in the basin. #folklorethursday

@OAS_Orkney @HistEnvScot @StAndrewsHist @ScotArchStrat @UHIArchaeology @UHI_NWHARCH @INS_UHI Thanks! We would love to contribute to the 2025 review. We'll DM you with contact details. Cheers!

@CoastArch @HistEnvScot @StAndrewsHist @ScotArchStrat @UHIArchaeology @UHI_NWHARCH @INS_UHI Looks brilliant, well done all involved. Do you fancy doing a short article on this for our 2025 Orkney Archaeology Review? It's great to have reports from wider than the Orkney Mainland !

🚨 Just published! 🚨 The Stronsay Coastal Archaeology Survey report is now live on our website: scapetrust.org/wp-content/upl… Thanks to all the amazing local volunteers who helped record 146 sites - most of which had not been known before. #CoastArch #HESSuported #ScotArchStrat

After a nail-biting 2 day operation, #SandayShipwreck is now safely housed in a conservation tank. When was it built and where? Was it used for war or trade? The wreck has drawn global attention and we can't wait to start unravelling its secrets. 📸 @orkneycom @OrkneyCouncil

We're back from our fieldwork on Harris and beginning to pull our records together and analyse our discoveries. We recorded some amazing coastal archaeological sites with local volunteers and had great weather to capture some fantastic aerial shots. #CoastArch #HESsupported

What an amazing site! Well done to all involved and good to see Ben in his element @wessexarch

@Reiverology That sounds really interesting, we would love to hear more!

@CoastArch Mentioned these a lot in my Masters dissertation but can't remember a thing about them now. DM if you need the reference.

What an amazing week we’ve had on Harris! After a damp start we could not have asked for better weather! And the archaeology has been amazing, including round houses, cup marks, harbours and shielings. Thanks to all the volunteers for their help with the survey! #CoastArch