Author: Michael Given
Survey 2026: The Joy of Walls
If you’re into landscape survey and later historical periods in the Scottish Highlands, you have to be very interested in walls. And fortunately – we are… One of the great things about doing the Glencoe survey as part of a field school is that there is always time to stop and talk about what you’re…
Achtriachtan and the Power of Walking
The 19th-century complex (students left), the excavated house (students centre) and the house on the knoll above (students right) (Photo: Michael Given) It’s a slightly depressing thought that so much of learning archaeology is done by sitting in a lecture room or in front of a computer. That’s certainly been the case with my course…
Big Archie and the Stranger: Fireside stories from Glencoe
A story by Prof Michael Given The great thing about having a fire in the middle of the room is that you can sit round it. Everyone gets a share of the warmth, and no one is closer than anyone else. The wattled panels cover the turf walls on all sides, the couples stand proud…