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Category: Shetland

Excavation LIFTE Shetland

Bone comb fragment unearthed in Lerwick test pit

Monday’s star find of the ongoing Lerwick Garden Dig was a bone comb fragment, found in the Bank Lane area of the town.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, May 3, 2022 (9:53am)Thursday, May 5, 2022 (1:04pm)
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Lerwick Garden Dig (Dan Lee)
Excavation LIFTE Shetland

Garden dig turning up interesting finds in Lerwick

Our “Lerwick Garden Dig” is off to a great start in Shetland over the weekend with some interesting finds, going back to the 17th century.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 2, 2022 (9:48am)Thursday, May 5, 2022 (1:04pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Shetland

‘Lerwick Garden Dig’ gets under way in Shetland

A team from the Archaeology Institute UHI are in Shetland today as part of Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE) – an international project examining the Northern Isles’ place in European trade networks of the 15th to 18th centuries.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 29, 2022 (8:00am)Tuesday, May 3, 2022 (9:42am)
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A dig with a view. Excavations under way at Gunnister, Shetland. (Dan Lee)
Excavation LIFTE Shetland

Test pitting in Shetland in search of evidence of European trade

Dan Lee, from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, reports on the LIFTE excavations looking at the Northern Isles place in the European trade networks of the 15th to 18th centuries.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, August 12, 2021 (7:37pm)Thursday, August 12, 2021 (7:38pm)
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