Dunragit Post-excavation

What better to watch on #FindsFriday than a smashing new bite-sized video about the micro-excavation of a Bronze Age Hoard found in the Scottish Highlands, made by the GUARD Archaeologists who did it #Archaeology youtube.com/watch?v=99teNi…

Very sorry to hear of the passing of Declan Hurl. He played a key consultancy role in the work at Dunragit, and had an illustrious archaeology career. He will be sadly missed and I will always remember the craic we had with him @iai @QUBelfast

Probably the last of GUARD Archaeology's publications of 2025 (there's been a few!) - this one unearthed a Bronze Age mystery in the hills of south-west Scotland #Archaeology #Barrows #Dumfriesshire guard-archaeology.co.uk/GALNews/?p=906

We are very excited to receive a Current Archaeology Research Project of the Year Nomination for our work revealing the long lost secrets of two Scottish Bronze Age Hoards. All votes gratefully received! #Archaeology #FindsFriday archaeology.co.uk/vote

Archaeologists from CIfA Registered Organisation @GUARD_Archaeol believe that a hillfort near Perth in Scotland, which thrived during the Iron Age, may have been abandoned due to invading #Romans, as reported in BBC News online: ow.ly/RIeE50XyHvR

Some interesting archaeobotanical remains were recovered from our excavations undertaken in advance of the Edinburgh Trams extension to Newhaven, like seeds of henbane and hemlock...#Archaeology #FindsFriday #ConstitutionStreet #Leith guard-archaeology.co.uk/GALNews/?p=897

Is there anything scarier than tiny creepy worm-like creatures growing inside your body unbeknownst to you? For this Hallowe'en Finds Friday we will be discussing parasites…#Archaeology #FindsFriday #ConstitutionStreet #Leith guard-archaeology.co.uk/GALNews/?p=884

Is it Hallowe'en? Then it's time to exhume some ghosts of Iron Age Scotland in our latest publication. ARO63 covers the excavation of an entire hillfort, that just faded away archaeologyreportsonline.com/reports/2025/A…

A Dutch duit from the province of Overijssel was found during our 2020 excavations in Leith. Dating to 1628 and commonly found across Scotland, shows the strong trade links with this Dutch province. #Archaeology #FindsFriday #ConstitutionStreet #Leith guard-archaeology.co.uk/GALNews/?p=846

Some of the most interesting finds from our excavations are coins, like this billon lion of Mary Queen of Scots and Francis II of France from 1559. #Archaeology #FindsFriday #ConstitutionStreet #Leith guard-archaeology.co.uk/GALNews/?p=846

A small fragment of medieval Glasgow that has somehow survived centuries of building and rebuilding #archaeology #FindsFriday guard-archaeology.co.uk/GALNews/?p=824

A team of archaeologists from CIfA Registered Organisation @GUARD_Archaeol has uncovered a Bronze Age hoard of ornaments that were buried for safekeeping almost 3,000 years ago in a small village on the Moray Firth, as reported in BBC News online: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Speakers at our upcoming conference, 1 November 2025 in Glenrothes: Kenneth Green and Maureen Kilpatrick (GUARD) will update us on their work at Broxy Kennels in “A Tale of Two Forts”.

Book tickets for the 2025 TAFAC Conference on 1 November here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/recent-archa…

The intact penannular ringed ornament from the Rosemarkie Hoard, dated to between 894-794 BC, is the most complete and complicated example of its type yet found in Scotland #Archaeology

The latest ARO - ‘A Hoard, Spear Moulds and a Bear, Oh my!’ a Late Bronze Age Settlement at Greenside farm, Rosemarkie - explains why a hoard of precious bronze ornaments was buried on the Black Isle almost three thousand years ago archaeologyreportsonline.com/reports/2025/A…

Just published - GUARD's excavations at 'Guardbridge, Fife a multi-period settlement with a multivallate fort' by Maureen Kilpatrick, Jordan Barbour, Thomas Muir and Charlotte Hunter. Download absolutely FREE: archaeologyreportsonline.com/PDF/ARO61_Guar…

The latest ARO examines the largest known Neolithic hall in Scotland, which appears to have been a focal point for Scotland’s first farming communities. archaeologyreportsonline.com/reports/2025/A…

📢 We're delighted to be running workshops on archaeological survey, site recognition and map & desk-based research at Glenan Wood 📅 Mon 16 & Tues 17 June 📍Portavadie, Cowal Interested? Click on bit.ly/43X1Bwv & bit.ly/4e1LKS5 and join us!

The second @ClydeValley_ARF symposium took place on Saturday in Lanark! We heard about recent work in the region and discussed CVARF in chronological and thematic sessions. Thanks to our speakers, participants and stallholders for making it such a valuable event! #HESSupported