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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 13d

Help us turn £10,000 into £2,000,000!

We're raising funds for a 2-year project to showcase the 1,500-year-old Govan Old graveyard.

Hitting our £10k goal unlocks over £2M in pledged funding for our building's future. Your donation has a massive impact.

tghts.enthuse.com/cf/graveyard...

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Archaeology Scotland @archscot.bsky.social · 13d

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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · 13d

Stephen Mullen's excellent book on this topic, The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy: Scotland and Caribbean Slavery, 1775–1838 is available to read for free from our website:

uolpress.co.uk/book/the-gla...

#OpenAccess #History #Slavery #Scotland

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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 17d

'Animating the Dead: An #Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in #Orkney' by Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards follows decades of research and incorporates new excavation results and radiocarbon dates from sites across the county. Available to pre-order now.
#BronzeAge #Prehistory

October release for institute director’s book on Bronze Age burial practice

'Animating the Dead: An Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney' by Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards follows decades of research and incorporates new excavation results and radiocarbon dates from sites across the county.

archaeologyorkney.com

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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 14d

The #archaeology of Uist is the subject of a new book by the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Dr Rebecca Rennel and Dr Emily Gal.

New interactive book puts the spotlight on the archaeology of Uist

The archaeology of Uist is the subject of a new book by the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Dr Rebecca Rennel and Dr Emily Gal.

archaeologyorkney.com

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Europa Nostra @europanostra.bsky.social · 14d

⏰ Only one more day to register for the #EuropeanHeritageAwards Ceremony 2025!

Join us for an inspiring event celebrating 30 outstanding achievements in cultural heritage from across 24 European countries.

Register now 👉 www.europanostra.org/european-her...

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Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social · 14d

GWL is commissioning new works for our #WeMakeMuseums project to be exhibited at Glasgow International 2026.

We’re seeking women artists with socially engaged, intersectional practices informed by environmental, class-aware, & anti-racist approaches.
womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/09/24/a...

A colourful jigsaw puzzle background with words like “Creativity,” “Women,” “Neurodivergent Voices,” “Learning and Healing,” and “Quilting” on the pieces. Overlaid in the centre is a bold green box with large white text that reads: “ARTIST OPEN CALL.” At the bottom are the logos of Glasgow Women’s Library and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 14d

Anne Marot will be speaking at the TAFAC 2025 Conference on 1 Nov, in Glenrothes, on 'The Mystery of St Monan’s Church: post-medieval burials in Inverarity, Angus'

A mound, a ranging rod, a yew tree - burial location at Inverarity

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 15d

I would be endlessly grateful if you were to support this crucial fundraising effort for Govan Old's 1,500-year-old graveyard and the @govanstones.bsky.social museum! 💲❤️

tghts.enthuse.com/cf/graveyard...

Graveyard Guardians: showcasing Govan's Archaeology and Natural Heritage

Govan Heritage Trust is hoping you can help us raise £10,000 for a project that will transform the future of the Govan Stones and Govan Old. We're raising money for a 2-year initiative that will showc

tghts.enthuse.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 16d

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches.

This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists!

Archaeologists! Please volunteer
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

Alt: a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

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Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 16d

Exciting book launch event!!

Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.

Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...

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Stef North-Sagrott @archaeostef.bsky.social · 17d

Save the dates for FMSG 2025-26 👇

First Millennia Studies Group @firstmillennia.bsky.social · 17d

We are still finalising our lecture programme for 25-26 (due to some administrative speedbumps)

But we can confirm our first three lectures will be held in Edinburgh on the following dates:

7 October
4 November
2 December

Sign up to our mailing list to make sure you get the most up to date info

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 18d

Today (Sunday 21st) is your LAST CHANCE to see the #archaeology!

The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 18d

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Photos of a HUGE early medieval posthole, complete with stone packing and an IMMENSE piece of quartz, are emerging from the dig in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard.

More when we get it...

📷 Bex - Grave Sight Photography

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 18d

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Photos of a HUGE early medieval posthole, complete with stone packing and an IMMENSE piece of quartz, are emerging from the dig in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard.

More when we get it...

📷 Bex - Grave Sight Photography

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Fiona Campbell-Howes @fortrenn.bsky.social · 19d

Full conference agenda and booking link here:

Highland Archaeology Festival Research Conference 2025

Our annual conference on 27th-28th September highlighting recent work on archaeology and heritage of the Highlands.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 19d

Find of the dig so far! Fantastic medieval carved boss from ribbed vaulting of Melrose Abbey. What a cracker! #Priorwood Garden @n-t-s.bsky.social

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 20d

Student unearths 2,000-year-old stone that shows Pictish face carving www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Student unearths 2,000-year-old stone that shows Pictish face carving

Jodie Allan made the finding while digging in Fife, Scotland. It’s more evidence that the area ‘was an important Pictish settlement’, her professor says

www.independent.co.uk

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Joana Valdez-Tullett @joanavaldez.bsky.social · 20d

This weekend I will be here, for a conference dedicated to Atlantic Rock Art - isn't it appropriate? 🤩
My dear friend and mentor told me a while back "Now you are the guardian of this knowledge". Thank you for everything you taught me, and I wish you were still here 🤍

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 28d

#Carloway Broch, an impressive Iron Age #ScottishBroch on the Isle of Lewis, crowns a rocky knoll above Loch an Duin. Built around 200 BC, it was used until AD 1000, later serving clans for defence into the 1500s, & even as a pottery kiln in subsequent centuries.

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 28d

🏟️ Hidden Roman amphitheatre at #Trimontium! Once holding 1,500–2,000 spectators for drills, parades & games, now just a gentle dip overlooking the River Tweed. Excavated in the 1990s.

Step into history on our Trimontium Walks every Thursday! 🌿👣

#RomanHistory #ScottishBorders #HiddenHistory

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 22d

For #HillfortsWednesday - our clip is of Camp Tops & Hayhope Knowe near Morebattle, in the rich hillfort country of the #ScottishBorders. Both have traces of roundhouses - Camp Tops has 3 ramparts & ditches. Hayhope Knowe has a double palisade, single palisade, rampart & ditch.

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 21d

Copper-alloy rings & brooch crafted & worn by native #IronAge peoples in #Scotland. Now at the #Hunterian Museum. Discovered at Leckie #Broch in Stirlingshire. Tightly wound spiral coils were a hallmark of Iron Age #jewellery, often paired with vibrant, swirling designs.

#AncientJewellery

Images of rings and brooch described int the post

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 20d

Don't forget, our collection of European #Archaeology is completely free for the rest of September!
Explore the latest research on megalithic monuments, Ancient Greek chronology, medieval infection and more:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🏺 #Archaeology

Classical building with many pillars lining its walls, with the text 'European Archaeology, Antiquity' overlaid.

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 22d

In Perth last week, I went to the museum @perthmuseum.bsky.social to say hello to my favourite smiley Pictish stone. It features four faces and was found near Abernethy. #ReliefWednesday

A large lump of sandstone with a smiling cartoonish face carved into it.

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Timespan @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social · 21d

Excited to be at @museumid.bsky.social conference with our director Giulia Gregnanin presenting Timespan vision of becoming an Institution of the Commons. A brilliant panel with representatives from @beamishmuseum.bsky.social Glasgow Museums, Museo Egizio and chaired by @profdanhicks.bsky.social

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Daniel MacLean @danielmaclean.bsky.social · 23d

Burghead 2025. What a year. Here is a snapshot of the upper citadel. 8/9th C brooch pin like one from Dunadd. A 2nd C spiral bead from inside a 8th/9th C building, very similar to one from the Croy hoard. The building is massive >7m long, a huge central hearth. Also me busy on the John Deere!

8/9th C penannular brooch pin, very similar to one from
Early Medieval royal hillfort Dunadd

A black and yellow spiral glass bead made in the 1st/2nd C. Very similar to one in the Early Medieval Croy hoard which dates to the 8th C

A Pictish building in plan. The left of the image shows a massive stone built hearth with associated flue or quenching pit. To the right is the base of a low stone wall which supported a far greater turf wall. On the outside of the turf wall are a line of post holes which may be associated with the support for the roof of the building.

An archaeologist busy pretending to excavate with a child’s toy ride on tractor

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