We are researchers based at the University of Glasgow, interested in exploring the landscapes of Glencoe and Rannoch Moor through archaeological, environmental and creative approaches.
Home again to Archaeology at the University of Glasgow and, as the Scottish summer one again turns to rain, I am happy to say that archaeology isn’t all about being in the field. Now that we are back from Glencoe we still have work to do. Over the past week or so the team have…
Having loved participating in the project in 2023, we have been incredibly grateful for the opportunity to return to Glencoe this season! Assisting with survey and digital media, we’ve been happily diving into the exploration of the new excavation sites, surrounding landscape, and community engagement in further depth to 2023. The digital media strand over…
Over the past few days we have continued our work in Glencoe exploring the settlement archaeology in this landscape through survey, excavations and creative media. Our excavations, run in partnership with the NTS archaeology team, have continued exploring the settlement of Achnacon. The three structures we are excavating have yielded exciting finds including pottery and…
Today as part of our ‘dig for a day’ event we had a wonderfully busy day with lots of digging and drawing, finds and fun. Today an amazing team of local volunteers joined us on site to excavate test pits across the kailyard in front of structure 3. We are exploring this area to better…
Today we continued excavating in structures 1 and 3 which appear to represent stone and turf walled byrehouse structures. Some star finds included a decorated pipe bowl, a green-glazed vessel base, and the rim of a redware bowl with yellow slip decoration. In the afternoon we began planning the collapse within these structures, and photographed…