Students from across the network gathered in Perthshire at the end of April for the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Easter field trip.
Led by Professor Ingrid Mainland, Dr Ben Elliott and Dr Jen Miller, the first port of call on Saturday, April 26, was the Scottish Crannog Centre.
Crannogs are partially or completely artificial “islands” built in lochs from prehistory to the medieval period. Seventeen crannogs have been found in Loch Tay, Perthshire, and the centre was built around a reconstructed crannog created by the Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology in 1997. It has since expanded to include other Iron Age buildings, a museum and demonstrations of Iron Age technologies, textiles, cooking and other crafts.
From there it was on to Old Lawers Village, a settlement on the north shore of Loch Tay that was abandoned in the mid-20th century after centuries of occupation.
The final stop of the day was the Moirlanich Longhouse, a preserved, traditional dwelling that has remained unchanged since its last occupant left in 1968.
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