Excavation Iron Age Swartigill

Swartigill’s 2023 excavation dates set

A team from the UHI Archaeology Institute will be back at the Burn of Swartigill from August 14 until September 8.

A team from the UHI Archaeology Institute will be back at the Burn of Swartigill from August 14 until September 8, 2023.

The Caithness excavation, in partnership with the Yarrows Heritage Trust, has so far uncovered a complex of Iron Age structures, which are providing an important window into Iron Age society away from the monumental architecture of the brochs.