Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
@socantscot.bsky.social
A membership charity founded in 1780 that supports the study and enjoyment of Scotland’s past through publications, lectures, @scarf-scot.bsky.social, @digitscotland.bsky.social, @churchheritage.bsky.social and more | Visit https://www.socantscot.org/
JOIN US: Apply before 28 February
Did you know that anyone who is interested in Scotland’s past can apply to become a Fellow?
Benefits include exclusive access to all articles in the Society’s most recent annual journals and the use of FSAScot postnominals: www.socantscot.org/join/
Did you know that anyone who is interested in Scotland’s past can apply to become a Fellow?
Benefits include exclusive access to all articles in the Society’s most recent annual journals and the use of FSAScot postnominals: www.socantscot.org/join/
January 19, 2026 at 9:13 AM
JOIN US: Apply before 28 February
Did you know that anyone who is interested in Scotland’s past can apply to become a Fellow?
Benefits include exclusive access to all articles in the Society’s most recent annual journals and the use of FSAScot postnominals: www.socantscot.org/join/
Did you know that anyone who is interested in Scotland’s past can apply to become a Fellow?
Benefits include exclusive access to all articles in the Society’s most recent annual journals and the use of FSAScot postnominals: www.socantscot.org/join/
NEW RESEARCH REPORT: Earlier Bronze Age burials at Clachbreck, Argyll
Fellows Dr Nyree Finlay and Dr Paul Duffy found a Society research grant to be "vital" in revisiting unpublished excavations by Marion Campbell FSAScot: www.socantscot.org/society-fund...
Fellows Dr Nyree Finlay and Dr Paul Duffy found a Society research grant to be "vital" in revisiting unpublished excavations by Marion Campbell FSAScot: www.socantscot.org/society-fund...
January 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
NEW RESEARCH REPORT: Earlier Bronze Age burials at Clachbreck, Argyll
Fellows Dr Nyree Finlay and Dr Paul Duffy found a Society research grant to be "vital" in revisiting unpublished excavations by Marion Campbell FSAScot: www.socantscot.org/society-fund...
Fellows Dr Nyree Finlay and Dr Paul Duffy found a Society research grant to be "vital" in revisiting unpublished excavations by Marion Campbell FSAScot: www.socantscot.org/society-fund...
JOINT ONLINE EVENT: Care-full: An Examination of Care in Archaeology and Heritage
On 22 January, Prof Hannah Cobb FSA FSAScot discusses how care can be an act of radical and transformative resistance in archaeology at our free event with @antiquaries.bsky.social: www.sal.org.uk/event/care-f...
On 22 January, Prof Hannah Cobb FSA FSAScot discusses how care can be an act of radical and transformative resistance in archaeology at our free event with @antiquaries.bsky.social: www.sal.org.uk/event/care-f...
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
JOINT ONLINE EVENT: Care-full: An Examination of Care in Archaeology and Heritage
On 22 January, Prof Hannah Cobb FSA FSAScot discusses how care can be an act of radical and transformative resistance in archaeology at our free event with @antiquaries.bsky.social: www.sal.org.uk/event/care-f...
On 22 January, Prof Hannah Cobb FSA FSAScot discusses how care can be an act of radical and transformative resistance in archaeology at our free event with @antiquaries.bsky.social: www.sal.org.uk/event/care-f...
OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE: ‘Peripheral vision: Operation Rotor, radar infrastructure and state power in Scotland 1950–1957’
Find out why Scotland became of greater strategic importance in the 1950s in this ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’ article: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Find out why Scotland became of greater strategic importance in the 1950s in this ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’ article: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
January 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE: ‘Peripheral vision: Operation Rotor, radar infrastructure and state power in Scotland 1950–1957’
Find out why Scotland became of greater strategic importance in the 1950s in this ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’ article: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Find out why Scotland became of greater strategic importance in the 1950s in this ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’ article: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
JANUARY LECTURE: The Lost Royal Lodgings of Edinburgh Castle and the Birthplace of Britain
Online tickets are still available for our free hybrid event with Peter Yeoman FSAScot on 15 January, the culmination of almost 40 years of investigation into the castle: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lost-r...
Online tickets are still available for our free hybrid event with Peter Yeoman FSAScot on 15 January, the culmination of almost 40 years of investigation into the castle: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lost-r...
January 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
JANUARY LECTURE: The Lost Royal Lodgings of Edinburgh Castle and the Birthplace of Britain
Online tickets are still available for our free hybrid event with Peter Yeoman FSAScot on 15 January, the culmination of almost 40 years of investigation into the castle: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lost-r...
Online tickets are still available for our free hybrid event with Peter Yeoman FSAScot on 15 January, the culmination of almost 40 years of investigation into the castle: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lost-r...
OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE: ‘Scottish archaeological islands: a historiographical analysis and the legacy of antiquarian research’
Dig into crannogs, artificial islands dotting the landscapes of Scotland and Ireland, in the ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Dig into crannogs, artificial islands dotting the landscapes of Scotland and Ireland, in the ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
January 5, 2026 at 10:57 AM
OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE: ‘Scottish archaeological islands: a historiographical analysis and the legacy of antiquarian research’
Dig into crannogs, artificial islands dotting the landscapes of Scotland and Ireland, in the ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Dig into crannogs, artificial islands dotting the landscapes of Scotland and Ireland, in the ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
SEASON'S GREETINGS
Our office will be closed from 5pm on 19 December and will open on 5 January.
On behalf of all staff and Council members, we want to thank our Fellows and followers for your support this year. Wishing you a safe, healthy and happy holiday season, and all the best for Hogmanay.
Our office will be closed from 5pm on 19 December and will open on 5 January.
On behalf of all staff and Council members, we want to thank our Fellows and followers for your support this year. Wishing you a safe, healthy and happy holiday season, and all the best for Hogmanay.
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
SEASON'S GREETINGS
Our office will be closed from 5pm on 19 December and will open on 5 January.
On behalf of all staff and Council members, we want to thank our Fellows and followers for your support this year. Wishing you a safe, healthy and happy holiday season, and all the best for Hogmanay.
Our office will be closed from 5pm on 19 December and will open on 5 January.
On behalf of all staff and Council members, we want to thank our Fellows and followers for your support this year. Wishing you a safe, healthy and happy holiday season, and all the best for Hogmanay.
NEW SAIR: ‘The re-examination of the Carmahome passage tomb, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire’
Read the latest issue in the Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports (SAIR), our open access peer-reviewed series of excavation reports and large-scale surveys conducted in Scotland: doi.org/10.9750/issn...
Read the latest issue in the Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports (SAIR), our open access peer-reviewed series of excavation reports and large-scale surveys conducted in Scotland: doi.org/10.9750/issn...
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NEW SAIR: ‘The re-examination of the Carmahome passage tomb, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire’
Read the latest issue in the Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports (SAIR), our open access peer-reviewed series of excavation reports and large-scale surveys conducted in Scotland: doi.org/10.9750/issn...
Read the latest issue in the Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports (SAIR), our open access peer-reviewed series of excavation reports and large-scale surveys conducted in Scotland: doi.org/10.9750/issn...
"For this dedication over the last 15 years, sometimes during very challenging circumstances, to an oft-overlooked task in the service of Scottish archaeology, she is a highly appropriate recipient"
Read about our 2025 award winners, including Christine Yuill: www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
Read about our 2025 award winners, including Christine Yuill: www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"For this dedication over the last 15 years, sometimes during very challenging circumstances, to an oft-overlooked task in the service of Scottish archaeology, she is a highly appropriate recipient"
Read about our 2025 award winners, including Christine Yuill: www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
Read about our 2025 award winners, including Christine Yuill: www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
R B K STEVENSON AWARD: ‘Revisiting Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney’ by Hazel Moore FSAScot and Graeme Wilson FSAScot (with contributions by Seren Griffiths)
Delve into some of the most complete Neolithic stone houses in Northwest Europe in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Delve into some of the most complete Neolithic stone houses in Northwest Europe in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
R B K STEVENSON AWARD: ‘Revisiting Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney’ by Hazel Moore FSAScot and Graeme Wilson FSAScot (with contributions by Seren Griffiths)
Delve into some of the most complete Neolithic stone houses in Northwest Europe in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Delve into some of the most complete Neolithic stone houses in Northwest Europe in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
2025 MURRAY PRIZE FOR HISTORY: Dr Shane McLeod FSAScot for 'Watching the waters: sentinel sites in the Inner Hebrides and western seaboard of Scotland'.
Discover a possible co-ordinated defence system guarding maritime routes in medieval Scotland in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Discover a possible co-ordinated defence system guarding maritime routes in medieval Scotland in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
2025 MURRAY PRIZE FOR HISTORY: Dr Shane McLeod FSAScot for 'Watching the waters: sentinel sites in the Inner Hebrides and western seaboard of Scotland'.
Discover a possible co-ordinated defence system guarding maritime routes in medieval Scotland in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Discover a possible co-ordinated defence system guarding maritime routes in medieval Scotland in this open access paper: doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
LAST CHANCE TO PRE-ORDER: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Thanks to everyone who helped us surpass our crowdfunding target and every stretch goal, we will be printing and enhancing this nationally important monograph.
Want to pre-order the book? Visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Thanks to everyone who helped us surpass our crowdfunding target and every stretch goal, we will be printing and enhancing this nationally important monograph.
Want to pre-order the book? Visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
LAST CHANCE TO PRE-ORDER: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Thanks to everyone who helped us surpass our crowdfunding target and every stretch goal, we will be printing and enhancing this nationally important monograph.
Want to pre-order the book? Visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Thanks to everyone who helped us surpass our crowdfunding target and every stretch goal, we will be printing and enhancing this nationally important monograph.
Want to pre-order the book? Visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
TIME TEAM PODCAST: Interview with a Society Author
We are thrilled that @timeteam.bsky.social's latest podcast episode includes an interview with Dr David Caldwell FSAScot, who spoke about research detailed in our new book, 'The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay': podfollow.com/time-team/ep...
We are thrilled that @timeteam.bsky.social's latest podcast episode includes an interview with Dr David Caldwell FSAScot, who spoke about research detailed in our new book, 'The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay': podfollow.com/time-team/ep...
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
TIME TEAM PODCAST: Interview with a Society Author
We are thrilled that @timeteam.bsky.social's latest podcast episode includes an interview with Dr David Caldwell FSAScot, who spoke about research detailed in our new book, 'The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay': podfollow.com/time-team/ep...
We are thrilled that @timeteam.bsky.social's latest podcast episode includes an interview with Dr David Caldwell FSAScot, who spoke about research detailed in our new book, 'The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay': podfollow.com/time-team/ep...
PSAS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 November
The 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland' (PSAS) is a peer-reviewed journal of Scottish history and archaeology. Submissions are welcome from both Fellows and non-Fellows of the Society: journals.socantscot.org/index.php/ps...
The 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland' (PSAS) is a peer-reviewed journal of Scottish history and archaeology. Submissions are welcome from both Fellows and non-Fellows of the Society: journals.socantscot.org/index.php/ps...
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
PSAS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 November
The 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland' (PSAS) is a peer-reviewed journal of Scottish history and archaeology. Submissions are welcome from both Fellows and non-Fellows of the Society: journals.socantscot.org/index.php/ps...
The 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland' (PSAS) is a peer-reviewed journal of Scottish history and archaeology. Submissions are welcome from both Fellows and non-Fellows of the Society: journals.socantscot.org/index.php/ps...
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN UPDATE: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
We are thrilled to share that we have surpassed our target, which means we will be printing this nationally important monograph. We have been overwhelmed by the response and are grateful to everyone who has supported the campaign.
We are thrilled to share that we have surpassed our target, which means we will be printing this nationally important monograph. We have been overwhelmed by the response and are grateful to everyone who has supported the campaign.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN UPDATE: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
We are thrilled to share that we have surpassed our target, which means we will be printing this nationally important monograph. We have been overwhelmed by the response and are grateful to everyone who has supported the campaign.
We are thrilled to share that we have surpassed our target, which means we will be printing this nationally important monograph. We have been overwhelmed by the response and are grateful to everyone who has supported the campaign.
FREE ONLINE MAGAZINE: Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland
Explore the links between archaeology and wellbeing in the 2025 edition from Scotland's Archaeology Strategy, featuring our @digitscotland.bsky.social and @scarf-scot.bsky.social projects: archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
#ScotArchStrat
Explore the links between archaeology and wellbeing in the 2025 edition from Scotland's Archaeology Strategy, featuring our @digitscotland.bsky.social and @scarf-scot.bsky.social projects: archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
#ScotArchStrat
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
FREE ONLINE MAGAZINE: Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland
Explore the links between archaeology and wellbeing in the 2025 edition from Scotland's Archaeology Strategy, featuring our @digitscotland.bsky.social and @scarf-scot.bsky.social projects: archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
#ScotArchStrat
Explore the links between archaeology and wellbeing in the 2025 edition from Scotland's Archaeology Strategy, featuring our @digitscotland.bsky.social and @scarf-scot.bsky.social projects: archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
#ScotArchStrat
ONLINE FELLOWS’ MEETING: Scotland’s Earliest Megalithic Monuments
In 2024, we awarded funding to @archscot.bsky.social to investigate Scotland’s Early Neolithic megalithic chambered and passage tombs. Hear an update at this Fellows-only event on 13 November: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...
In 2024, we awarded funding to @archscot.bsky.social to investigate Scotland’s Early Neolithic megalithic chambered and passage tombs. Hear an update at this Fellows-only event on 13 November: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
ONLINE FELLOWS’ MEETING: Scotland’s Earliest Megalithic Monuments
In 2024, we awarded funding to @archscot.bsky.social to investigate Scotland’s Early Neolithic megalithic chambered and passage tombs. Hear an update at this Fellows-only event on 13 November: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...
In 2024, we awarded funding to @archscot.bsky.social to investigate Scotland’s Early Neolithic megalithic chambered and passage tombs. Hear an update at this Fellows-only event on 13 November: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
WORK WITH US: Fundraising Officer
We are seeking a Fundraising Officer to join at a pivotal moment in our history as we launch a fundraising campaign to purchase and redevelop a listed building beside the National Museum of Scotland.
Find out more and apply: www.socantscot.org/news/work-wi...
We are seeking a Fundraising Officer to join at a pivotal moment in our history as we launch a fundraising campaign to purchase and redevelop a listed building beside the National Museum of Scotland.
Find out more and apply: www.socantscot.org/news/work-wi...
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
WORK WITH US: Fundraising Officer
We are seeking a Fundraising Officer to join at a pivotal moment in our history as we launch a fundraising campaign to purchase and redevelop a listed building beside the National Museum of Scotland.
Find out more and apply: www.socantscot.org/news/work-wi...
We are seeking a Fundraising Officer to join at a pivotal moment in our history as we launch a fundraising campaign to purchase and redevelop a listed building beside the National Museum of Scotland.
Find out more and apply: www.socantscot.org/news/work-wi...
HELP US PRINT: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
HELP US PRINT: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
GRANTS DEADLINE: 30 November
There is only one month left to submit your funding application for the next round of Society Research Grants, which are available to anyone wishing to undertake high-quality research relating to Scotland’s past: www.socantscot.org/grants-prize...
There is only one month left to submit your funding application for the next round of Society Research Grants, which are available to anyone wishing to undertake high-quality research relating to Scotland’s past: www.socantscot.org/grants-prize...
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
GRANTS DEADLINE: 30 November
There is only one month left to submit your funding application for the next round of Society Research Grants, which are available to anyone wishing to undertake high-quality research relating to Scotland’s past: www.socantscot.org/grants-prize...
There is only one month left to submit your funding application for the next round of Society Research Grants, which are available to anyone wishing to undertake high-quality research relating to Scotland’s past: www.socantscot.org/grants-prize...
We were delighted to support the recent underwater excavation of a rare medieval crannog in Easter Ross.
The project hoped to ascertain the chronology of the Loch Achilty site from first construction to abandonment. See what the team got up to on BBC Scotland's Landward, tonight at 8:30pm.
The project hoped to ascertain the chronology of the Loch Achilty site from first construction to abandonment. See what the team got up to on BBC Scotland's Landward, tonight at 8:30pm.
October 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We were delighted to support the recent underwater excavation of a rare medieval crannog in Easter Ross.
The project hoped to ascertain the chronology of the Loch Achilty site from first construction to abandonment. See what the team got up to on BBC Scotland's Landward, tonight at 8:30pm.
The project hoped to ascertain the chronology of the Loch Achilty site from first construction to abandonment. See what the team got up to on BBC Scotland's Landward, tonight at 8:30pm.
ONLINE FELLOWS’ MEETING: Getting Started with Family History
Find out how to get started researching your family history, particularly in Scotland, and why you might consider commissioning a professional researcher at this Fellows-only event on 30 October: www.socantscot.org/events/onlin...
Find out how to get started researching your family history, particularly in Scotland, and why you might consider commissioning a professional researcher at this Fellows-only event on 30 October: www.socantscot.org/events/onlin...
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
ONLINE FELLOWS’ MEETING: Getting Started with Family History
Find out how to get started researching your family history, particularly in Scotland, and why you might consider commissioning a professional researcher at this Fellows-only event on 30 October: www.socantscot.org/events/onlin...
Find out how to get started researching your family history, particularly in Scotland, and why you might consider commissioning a professional researcher at this Fellows-only event on 30 October: www.socantscot.org/events/onlin...
NEW SAIR: From 2019-2020, archaeologists uncovered a significant site along the River Spey, comprising multiple phases of settlement, funerary activity, and craftworking.
Get the whole story in our latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report (SAIR): journals.socantscot.org/index.../sai...
Get the whole story in our latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report (SAIR): journals.socantscot.org/index.../sai...
October 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
NEW SAIR: From 2019-2020, archaeologists uncovered a significant site along the River Spey, comprising multiple phases of settlement, funerary activity, and craftworking.
Get the whole story in our latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report (SAIR): journals.socantscot.org/index.../sai...
Get the whole story in our latest Scottish Archaeological Internet Report (SAIR): journals.socantscot.org/index.../sai...
NEW ScARF CHAPTERS: Our @scarf-scot.bsky.social project are busy creating a free online resource bringing together everything archaeologists currently know about South West Scotland's complex past.
Want a preview? Read (and comment on) the first three draft chapters here: scarf.scot/regional/sws...
Want a preview? Read (and comment on) the first three draft chapters here: scarf.scot/regional/sws...
October 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NEW ScARF CHAPTERS: Our @scarf-scot.bsky.social project are busy creating a free online resource bringing together everything archaeologists currently know about South West Scotland's complex past.
Want a preview? Read (and comment on) the first three draft chapters here: scarf.scot/regional/sws...
Want a preview? Read (and comment on) the first three draft chapters here: scarf.scot/regional/sws...