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Fragment Found: Book Launch
I was thrilled to be able to attend the launch of the Fragments Found book and installation at the Make It Glasgow Bothy, beside the clay pits. This volume brings together a collection of contributions on the theme of found pottery fragments, including pieces by artists, archaeologists and mudlarks. In the volume there are reflections…
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…
Found poems at Achnacon
2/7/25 Mara Campbell Today during the Glencoe school the digital media team started the day by foraging around the site for words to create a found poem. Our endeavours inspired the rest of the team to try their hand at creating their own poetry about the site and their experiences I wish Michael were here,…
Glencoe Excavation – Sunday on site
Today is the 29th of June and a Sunday (the day of rest) but apparently this doesn’t apply to archaeologists. Today is really sunny and the ground is dry for the most part which is a change. I was on excavation with Liv and Katie today and we started by attempting to sponge water out of…
Ossian’s Cave
With the field school now in full swing, the past couple of days have been both busy and inspiring. We’ve all been rotating through different aspects of archaeology, getting a real taste for the range of skills involved beyond just digging. Our group spent the day away from the main excavation site, surveying some lesser-known…
Glencoe 25/06/25
Today we began our first full day in the field, setting off into looming low cloud and waves of smurr to break ground on site. Our students rotated between the three teams of our project getting a taste of the different practices they will be engaging with during the season. Our excavation team began the…
2024 in the Media
You can check out a recent article by Prof Michael Given, Lizzie Robertson and Dr Edward Stewart on our 2024 season here. Our 2024 season caused a flurry of media coverage of our site, which featured on Dan Snow’s History Hit, as well as news and radio shows including BBC Scotland’s ‘The Nine’, BBC Radio…
From Glencoe to Glasgow: Post-Excavation Sessions
Home again to Archaeology at the University of Glasgow and, as the Scottish summer one again turns to rain, I am happy to say that archaeology isn’t all about being in the field. Now that we are back from Glencoe we still have work to do. Over the past week or so the team have…
