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"Thousands of archaeological sites are now threatened by coastal impacts of climate change", which means that important evidence is being "washed away by storms and high tides before we can learn from it" 🌊
But archaeologists have a plan to offset this loss: www.digitscotland.com/how-drones-a...
But archaeologists have a plan to offset this loss: www.digitscotland.com/how-drones-a...
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"Thousands of archaeological sites are now threatened by coastal impacts of climate change", which means that important evidence is being "washed away by storms and high tides before we can learn from it" 🌊
But archaeologists have a plan to offset this loss: www.digitscotland.com/how-drones-a...
But archaeologists have a plan to offset this loss: www.digitscotland.com/how-drones-a...
North Ronaldsay's sheep are renowned for their unusual diet of seaweed—but their eating habits aren't a new phenomenon 🐏
By analysing over 100 Neolithic sheep teeth, archaeologists have shown that sheep in Orkney were grazing on seaweed over 4,500 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
By analysing over 100 Neolithic sheep teeth, archaeologists have shown that sheep in Orkney were grazing on seaweed over 4,500 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
February 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
North Ronaldsay's sheep are renowned for their unusual diet of seaweed—but their eating habits aren't a new phenomenon 🐏
By analysing over 100 Neolithic sheep teeth, archaeologists have shown that sheep in Orkney were grazing on seaweed over 4,500 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
By analysing over 100 Neolithic sheep teeth, archaeologists have shown that sheep in Orkney were grazing on seaweed over 4,500 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
In 2024, volunteers helped excavate at least two roundhouses at the site of an ancient settlement near Moffat which was once part of a busy Iron Age landscape ⛏️
Think you can help uncover more? Register for the Adie's Brae dig in April, no experience required: www.digitscotland.com/events/adies...
Think you can help uncover more? Register for the Adie's Brae dig in April, no experience required: www.digitscotland.com/events/adies...
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
In 2024, volunteers helped excavate at least two roundhouses at the site of an ancient settlement near Moffat which was once part of a busy Iron Age landscape ⛏️
Think you can help uncover more? Register for the Adie's Brae dig in April, no experience required: www.digitscotland.com/events/adies...
Think you can help uncover more? Register for the Adie's Brae dig in April, no experience required: www.digitscotland.com/events/adies...
In 2019, this gold medieval ring was found on the top of a molehill within the grounds of Dundonald Castle in South Ayrshire 💍
Thought to have been an "elite object" around 500 years ago, it may have been brought to the surface by the mole’s digging activities: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
Thought to have been an "elite object" around 500 years ago, it may have been brought to the surface by the mole’s digging activities: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
January 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM
In 2019, this gold medieval ring was found on the top of a molehill within the grounds of Dundonald Castle in South Ayrshire 💍
Thought to have been an "elite object" around 500 years ago, it may have been brought to the surface by the mole’s digging activities: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
Thought to have been an "elite object" around 500 years ago, it may have been brought to the surface by the mole’s digging activities: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
First mentioned in Roman sources over 1,700 years ago as a collective name for troublesome, barbaric peoples, the Picts went on to become the dominant kingdom in northern Britain 💪
On 12 February, explore their southern kingdoms at this online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...
On 12 February, explore their southern kingdoms at this online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...
January 29, 2026 at 3:19 PM
First mentioned in Roman sources over 1,700 years ago as a collective name for troublesome, barbaric peoples, the Picts went on to become the dominant kingdom in northern Britain 💪
On 12 February, explore their southern kingdoms at this online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...
On 12 February, explore their southern kingdoms at this online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...
When investigators broke through a pavement at Edinburgh Castle in 1912, they were amazed to discover the lost tower of King David II 🏰
Built in 1367 by Robert the Bruce's son, it still bore the dramatic scars from its final days under English bombardment: www.digitscotland.com/archaeology-...
Built in 1367 by Robert the Bruce's son, it still bore the dramatic scars from its final days under English bombardment: www.digitscotland.com/archaeology-...
January 23, 2026 at 1:39 PM
When investigators broke through a pavement at Edinburgh Castle in 1912, they were amazed to discover the lost tower of King David II 🏰
Built in 1367 by Robert the Bruce's son, it still bore the dramatic scars from its final days under English bombardment: www.digitscotland.com/archaeology-...
Built in 1367 by Robert the Bruce's son, it still bore the dramatic scars from its final days under English bombardment: www.digitscotland.com/archaeology-...
Think archaeology is just digging? Think again! Geophysical survey can offer important clues about what lies beneath the soil without breaking ground 🌱
Join this free workshop on 5 February to investigate the context of recent medieval finds in the Borders: www.digitscotland.com/events/geoph...
Join this free workshop on 5 February to investigate the context of recent medieval finds in the Borders: www.digitscotland.com/events/geoph...
January 21, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Think archaeology is just digging? Think again! Geophysical survey can offer important clues about what lies beneath the soil without breaking ground 🌱
Join this free workshop on 5 February to investigate the context of recent medieval finds in the Borders: www.digitscotland.com/events/geoph...
Join this free workshop on 5 February to investigate the context of recent medieval finds in the Borders: www.digitscotland.com/events/geoph...
In 1933, prehistoric circular features were discovered in West Dunbartonshire and later described as a “druidic temple” ☀️
But a reassessment eventually revealed that they were more likely associated with burial mounds created over 3,500 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
But a reassessment eventually revealed that they were more likely associated with burial mounds created over 3,500 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
January 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
In 1933, prehistoric circular features were discovered in West Dunbartonshire and later described as a “druidic temple” ☀️
But a reassessment eventually revealed that they were more likely associated with burial mounds created over 3,500 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
But a reassessment eventually revealed that they were more likely associated with burial mounds created over 3,500 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
Edinburgh's Holyrood Park has been shaped by over 8,000 years of human use, with traces of Iron Age forts and Bronze Age agricultural terraces still visible on the slopes 🌄
On 25 January, dig into the archaeology of the site with Historic Environment Scotland: www.digitscotland.com/events/parka...
On 25 January, dig into the archaeology of the site with Historic Environment Scotland: www.digitscotland.com/events/parka...
January 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Edinburgh's Holyrood Park has been shaped by over 8,000 years of human use, with traces of Iron Age forts and Bronze Age agricultural terraces still visible on the slopes 🌄
On 25 January, dig into the archaeology of the site with Historic Environment Scotland: www.digitscotland.com/events/parka...
On 25 January, dig into the archaeology of the site with Historic Environment Scotland: www.digitscotland.com/events/parka...
A Highland graveyard survey has revealed a “new” medieval cross as well as inscriptions from the early 1600s to the early 1800s 🪦
On 16 January, hear about the lives of Tarbat families recorded on these stones and discover some of the most striking examples: www.digitscotland.com/events/the-t...
On 16 January, hear about the lives of Tarbat families recorded on these stones and discover some of the most striking examples: www.digitscotland.com/events/the-t...
January 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
A Highland graveyard survey has revealed a “new” medieval cross as well as inscriptions from the early 1600s to the early 1800s 🪦
On 16 January, hear about the lives of Tarbat families recorded on these stones and discover some of the most striking examples: www.digitscotland.com/events/the-t...
On 16 January, hear about the lives of Tarbat families recorded on these stones and discover some of the most striking examples: www.digitscotland.com/events/the-t...
In the 1980s, excavations at Edinburgh Castle uncovered evidence connected to pivotal moments in Scottish history 🏰
This included a smithy used during Edward III of England's invasion in AD 1335 and a 17th-century cemetery linked to the first Jacobite Rising: www.digitscotland.com/archaeology-...
This included a smithy used during Edward III of England's invasion in AD 1335 and a 17th-century cemetery linked to the first Jacobite Rising: www.digitscotland.com/archaeology-...
January 8, 2026 at 10:52 AM
In the 1980s, excavations at Edinburgh Castle uncovered evidence connected to pivotal moments in Scottish history 🏰
This included a smithy used during Edward III of England's invasion in AD 1335 and a 17th-century cemetery linked to the first Jacobite Rising: www.digitscotland.com/archaeology-...
This included a smithy used during Edward III of England's invasion in AD 1335 and a 17th-century cemetery linked to the first Jacobite Rising: www.digitscotland.com/archaeology-...
In April, the Treasure Trove Unit confirmed the discovery of an amulet with a history that spans millennia 🐴
Created around 300 years ago from an arrowhead made thousands of years earlier, the charm was believed to save horses from injuries caused by fairies: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Created around 300 years ago from an arrowhead made thousands of years earlier, the charm was believed to save horses from injuries caused by fairies: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
January 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
In April, the Treasure Trove Unit confirmed the discovery of an amulet with a history that spans millennia 🐴
Created around 300 years ago from an arrowhead made thousands of years earlier, the charm was believed to save horses from injuries caused by fairies: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Created around 300 years ago from an arrowhead made thousands of years earlier, the charm was believed to save horses from injuries caused by fairies: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Horndean in the Borders has long been suspected to be the location of a lost village occupied around 800 years ago, known from historical documents and maps, but not proven - until now! 🗺️
Earlier this year, volunteers helped rediscover the medieval settlement: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Earlier this year, volunteers helped rediscover the medieval settlement: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Horndean in the Borders has long been suspected to be the location of a lost village occupied around 800 years ago, known from historical documents and maps, but not proven - until now! 🗺️
Earlier this year, volunteers helped rediscover the medieval settlement: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Earlier this year, volunteers helped rediscover the medieval settlement: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
This summer, investigations unearthed evidence that a hillfort in Dumfries & Galloway may have been besieged by an invading Roman force 1,900 years ago ⚔️
Experts say the new data from Burnswark Hill "challenges long-held assumptions about Scotland’s past": www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Experts say the new data from Burnswark Hill "challenges long-held assumptions about Scotland’s past": www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
This summer, investigations unearthed evidence that a hillfort in Dumfries & Galloway may have been besieged by an invading Roman force 1,900 years ago ⚔️
Experts say the new data from Burnswark Hill "challenges long-held assumptions about Scotland’s past": www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Experts say the new data from Burnswark Hill "challenges long-held assumptions about Scotland’s past": www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Earlier this year, volunteers helped uncover rare Bronze Age structures in Shetland, including a complex burnt mound (a by-product of boiling water) 🍻
The purpose of this 2,500-year-old technique remains a mystery, with theories ranging from brewing to saunas: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
The purpose of this 2,500-year-old technique remains a mystery, with theories ranging from brewing to saunas: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
December 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Earlier this year, volunteers helped uncover rare Bronze Age structures in Shetland, including a complex burnt mound (a by-product of boiling water) 🍻
The purpose of this 2,500-year-old technique remains a mystery, with theories ranging from brewing to saunas: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
The purpose of this 2,500-year-old technique remains a mystery, with theories ranging from brewing to saunas: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Traces of Neolithic feasting, possible evidence of a Roman siege, and an amulet once thought to be imbued with supernatural power are just some of Scotland's top archaeological discoveries from 2025 🤩
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Traces of Neolithic feasting, possible evidence of a Roman siege, and an amulet once thought to be imbued with supernatural power are just some of Scotland's top archaeological discoveries from 2025 🤩
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
In 1963, a Viking-Age grave containing a bronze mount decorated with a wolf was discovered on a Westness farm in Orkney 🐺
It's one of many traces of this predator—which roamed Scotland for millennia after the last ice age—that have been found by archaeologists: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
It's one of many traces of this predator—which roamed Scotland for millennia after the last ice age—that have been found by archaeologists: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
In 1963, a Viking-Age grave containing a bronze mount decorated with a wolf was discovered on a Westness farm in Orkney 🐺
It's one of many traces of this predator—which roamed Scotland for millennia after the last ice age—that have been found by archaeologists: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
It's one of many traces of this predator—which roamed Scotland for millennia after the last ice age—that have been found by archaeologists: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Despite being visible to hundreds of people daily crossing the Erskine Bridge, this prehistoric water dwelling is relatively unknown 🌊
But Erskine crannog in West Dunbartonshire has offered us many clues about how people lived on water over 2,000 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
But Erskine crannog in West Dunbartonshire has offered us many clues about how people lived on water over 2,000 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Despite being visible to hundreds of people daily crossing the Erskine Bridge, this prehistoric water dwelling is relatively unknown 🌊
But Erskine crannog in West Dunbartonshire has offered us many clues about how people lived on water over 2,000 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
But Erskine crannog in West Dunbartonshire has offered us many clues about how people lived on water over 2,000 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
In 2018, @coastarch.bsky.social raced against the tide to investigate a submerged prehistoric forest on a beach in Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Outer Hebrides) 🌳
It's one of the many sites in Scotland that are under threat from erosion and rising sea levels: www.digitscotland.com/how-to-help-...
It's one of the many sites in Scotland that are under threat from erosion and rising sea levels: www.digitscotland.com/how-to-help-...
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In 2018, @coastarch.bsky.social raced against the tide to investigate a submerged prehistoric forest on a beach in Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Outer Hebrides) 🌳
It's one of the many sites in Scotland that are under threat from erosion and rising sea levels: www.digitscotland.com/how-to-help-...
It's one of the many sites in Scotland that are under threat from erosion and rising sea levels: www.digitscotland.com/how-to-help-...
Who would you meet travelling from one place to the next in 7th-century Pictland? What could you eat at a feast? And what would the bard be singing about? 🤔
Dig into early medieval Scotland with 'Carved in Stone', one of the ideas in our archaeology gift guide: www.digitscotland.com/scottish-arc...
Dig into early medieval Scotland with 'Carved in Stone', one of the ideas in our archaeology gift guide: www.digitscotland.com/scottish-arc...
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Who would you meet travelling from one place to the next in 7th-century Pictland? What could you eat at a feast? And what would the bard be singing about? 🤔
Dig into early medieval Scotland with 'Carved in Stone', one of the ideas in our archaeology gift guide: www.digitscotland.com/scottish-arc...
Dig into early medieval Scotland with 'Carved in Stone', one of the ideas in our archaeology gift guide: www.digitscotland.com/scottish-arc...
It's thought that many Roman soldiers must have passed away while stationed at Trimontium fort in the Borders 1,900 years ago - so why have no grave sites been found? 🪦
On 11 December, hear theories on the location of the missing mausolea at this hybrid event: www.digitscotland.com/events/till-...
On 11 December, hear theories on the location of the missing mausolea at this hybrid event: www.digitscotland.com/events/till-...
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It's thought that many Roman soldiers must have passed away while stationed at Trimontium fort in the Borders 1,900 years ago - so why have no grave sites been found? 🪦
On 11 December, hear theories on the location of the missing mausolea at this hybrid event: www.digitscotland.com/events/till-...
On 11 December, hear theories on the location of the missing mausolea at this hybrid event: www.digitscotland.com/events/till-...
In AD 871, two Viking kings successfully laid siege to a fortress on Dumbarton Rock near Glasgow ⚔️
1,100 years later, archaeologists unearthed artefacts at the site which could be connected to the siege, including an iron pommel-bar for a Viking sword: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
1,100 years later, archaeologists unearthed artefacts at the site which could be connected to the siege, including an iron pommel-bar for a Viking sword: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In AD 871, two Viking kings successfully laid siege to a fortress on Dumbarton Rock near Glasgow ⚔️
1,100 years later, archaeologists unearthed artefacts at the site which could be connected to the siege, including an iron pommel-bar for a Viking sword: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
1,100 years later, archaeologists unearthed artefacts at the site which could be connected to the siege, including an iron pommel-bar for a Viking sword: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
On the summit of a steep-sided plateau in Renfrewshire lie the remains of one of Scotland's largest hillforts 🌄
If you visit Walls Hill, you can still spot the turf and earth bank and try to imagine what life was like at this fortress over 1,600 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-renf...
If you visit Walls Hill, you can still spot the turf and earth bank and try to imagine what life was like at this fortress over 1,600 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-renf...
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
On the summit of a steep-sided plateau in Renfrewshire lie the remains of one of Scotland's largest hillforts 🌄
If you visit Walls Hill, you can still spot the turf and earth bank and try to imagine what life was like at this fortress over 1,600 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-renf...
If you visit Walls Hill, you can still spot the turf and earth bank and try to imagine what life was like at this fortress over 1,600 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-renf...
Founded in the 15th century, Perth’s Carthusian priory is one of Scotland’s least understood but most historically significant medieval monastic sites ⛪
On Thursday, uncover new insights arising from documentary evidence and Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning: www.digitscotland.com/events/illum...
On Thursday, uncover new insights arising from documentary evidence and Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning: www.digitscotland.com/events/illum...
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Founded in the 15th century, Perth’s Carthusian priory is one of Scotland’s least understood but most historically significant medieval monastic sites ⛪
On Thursday, uncover new insights arising from documentary evidence and Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning: www.digitscotland.com/events/illum...
On Thursday, uncover new insights arising from documentary evidence and Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning: www.digitscotland.com/events/illum...
"The Picts emerge from the shadows and step forward in technicolour" 🤩
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"The Picts emerge from the shadows and step forward in technicolour" 🤩
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...