Author: GlasgowGlencoe
Archaeology of Light and Change
As the year turns again, we find ourselves in the shortest and darkest days. In Scotland, as in other northerly places, this time of year provides an important reminder that while in some ways the past may feel distant and inaccessible, in other ways, things remain very much the same. Particularly in the deep Glens…
In the Archive: Finds Auditing
Leap into our artefact catalogues, finds studies and archiving processes with Amy Hellier, excavations and finds lab supervisor. ………….. If you have joined us on excavation over the past three years, I more than likely have taken the find you discovered, placed it in a finds bag, scribbled on a context and finds number with…
In the Lab: Soil Science
Blogpost by Leonore Kitt (Excavations Assistant) During the excavations back in 2024, you have probably seen me and a few helping hands jamming a metal cylinder on the walls of the kailyard and the rig and furrow test pits. Once in the lab, those samples proved very useful to have a better insight into how…
Walking the new Greenway
GLAS Project joins in with the National Trust for Scotland Glencoe Greenway Opening Event. The GLAS Project team were delighted to be invited to the National Trust for Scotland Glencoe Greenway Opening Event last Friday. There were so many great organisations, both local and national, represented at the event. We took some of the finds…
Publication Announcement: Wicked Wild Wastes?
We’re excited to announce the latest project publication (Open Access), coming off the back of my PhD research into repopulating in upland landscapes, aerial and walkover surveys on Rannoch Moor, and inspired by the creative approaches of my colleagues: Wicked Wild Wastes? Challenging Wildness through Repopulating Approaches to Archaeological Narratives in Scottish Highland Landscapes You…
Post Excavation: What we get up to!
Once we returned from the season in Glencoe there was still plenty work to do. Alongside our students we set out to ensure all our records, finds and samples were in order after the season. It is always a little chaotic at the end of the field season so it is good to have time…
Why Model? Digital Archaeology in Glencoe
In 2025, as in previous seasons, we again employed some targeted 3D photogrammetric capture for the excavation team. In collaboration with Eddie and Derek in the early season we created a series of 3D models of the major open trenches which display their progress through the excavation. This year at Glencoe there were three areas…
Glencoe fieldschool open day
05/07/25 Today was the Open Day at the NTS (National Trust of Scotland) Visitor Centre in Glencoe. Whilst the media team set up a presentation in the replica turf house the other students where put to work in the exhibition space manning tables of different activities. One section of the room was presenting the finds…
Excavation in the rain
04/07/25 Excavation today started and finished in the rain. We put up gazebos to protect our belongings from the downpour, but as soon as we were finished we realised it had got too windy for them. We packed them away again, shoved a tarpaulin over our stuff and got to work. Some people were assigned…
Reflections from our senior honours team
03/07/25 For us returning students, the variable weather of Glencoe hardly comes as a surprise, but today’s intense rain caught us all off guard. By lunchtime, both excavation and survey had abandoned ship, returning to the accommodation to shelter from the downpour. As returning senior honours, each of us have been tasked with focussing on…