Category: The Cairns

Over to UHI Archaeology Institute masters student Ross for today’s update from the Cairns.

A busy day on site, with a steady stream of visitors, and some intriguing finds.

Although we were rained off today, we’ve got some very exciting finds to share – particularly fragments of an engraved Roman glass vessel.

As well as another quern, today saw the discovery of a void beneath Structure O.

A day of exciting discoveries, not least an early rotary quern from Structure O.

Today’s update on a busy day on site from UHI PhD candidate Holly Young.

What we’ve found so far and what lies ahead – an update from site director Martin Carruthers.

There was a special guest on site today, Professor Alice Roberts and a film crew for the BBC TV series Digging for Britain. But in between the excitement of being filmed we still got lots of work done.

Today’s excavation update, this time from MLitt student Jaron.

Improving weather made for a really productive day, with some nice finds and important confirmation of the extent of key buildings.

MSc archaeology student Alannah updates us on progress made on site today.

After appalling weather saw work on Friday aborted, blue skies saw The Cairns team make good progress on site.

A bright and sunny day – at last! So read on for a summary of today’s findings.

The diggers are getting through the initial clean-up and into the swing of the archaeology.

The preparatory work complete, excavation got under way in earnest today.

The 2024 dig gets under way and site director Martin Carruthers outlines this season’s plans.