Archaeologists back at Swartigill Iron Age site next week
The UHI Archaeology Institute begins its sixth season of excavation at the Burn of Swartigill on Monday, August 15.
Category: Iron Age
A look at the Burn of Swartigill dig
With the 2022 season at Swartigill, Caithness, due to start next month, here are two videos from the excavation director Rick Barton to whet your appetite.
Catch up with The Cairns – tours of excavation site on offer next week
We had to significantly reduce the scale of excavation at The Cairns this year but before the covers go back on we’re inviting the public to come along for a tour and an update on the work undertaken this year.
‘People of the Broch’ – OAS talk by Cairns dig director
The recording of Martin Carruthers’s talk – People of the Broch: Excavating an Iron Age Community at The Cairns – to the Orkney Archaeology Society on Thursday, May 26.
Cairns excavation takes pride of place at Stromness Museum summer exhibition
Our ongoing excavation at The Cairns is the subject of this year’s summer exhibition at the Stromness Museum.
Back at The Cairns – excavation dates set for 2022
Excavation will resume at The Cairns this summer – from June 13 until July 8, 2022.
Catch up with The Cairns in Glasgow University’s free online seminar
Archaeology Institute excavations at The Cairns, in South Ronaldsay, will be among the topics covered by the University of Glasgow’s new season of free online seminars.
The significance of the ‘miniscule’ blue beads from Swartigill
Recent post-excavation work, processing soil samples excavated from Swartigill, has revealed several beautiful and tiny pieces of Iron Age jewellery. Not one, not two, but three blue glass beads!
Unravelling the story of an Iron Age site – a Swartigill post-excavation update
With winter upon us, the focus of the Swartigill project has turned towards post-excavation. This is a good opportunity for a recap of what we know about the site as it stands.
Video: Exploring applications of location-based augmented reality in an island landscape
The recording of October’s UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, which took place on Friday, October 29, 2021.
Institute’s Brochtoberfest talks available to watch online
The four University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute talks featured in the fifth annual Orkney Archaeology Society Brochtoberfest are now available to view online.
Swartigill in the spotlight at Highland Archaeology Festival
The ongoing excavation at the Burn of Swartigill is the subject of a Highland Archaeology Festival online talk on Monday, October 4.
Video: ‘Out of the Round: Continuity and connection to landscape in hut circle communities’
Hannah Genders Boyd outlines her research on Bronze and Iron Age roundhouse communities in western Scotland and their relationship with the local environment.
Swartigill dig diary 2021 – it’s all go as excavation prepares for final few days
Friday greeted us with a misty morning, a fresh foresty smell in the air and the purple heather flowers glimmering with dew as we made our way to the site.
Scenes from Swartigill – and don’t forget the excavation open day
Swartigill dig diary 2021 – sunshine, site tours and brilliant archaeology
As we move through the penultimate week of this year’s dig, the excavations at Swartigill are moving along at a good pace.