Glencoe Field School
In 2023 we ran our inaugeral field school season in Glencoe – carryout walkover survey of areas of the Royal Hunting Forest and excavating an upland township site, as well as producing creative outputs exploring the archaeology, folklore, environment and landscape of Glencoe. You can find out more about this field season here. We returned in 2024 in partnership with the NTS to carry out a programme of fieldwork around the settlement of Achnacon.
Rannoch Moor Archaeology Project
‘The Rannoch Moor Archaeology Project’ is a collaborative project between researchers at the University of Glasgow, the University of Stanford, University of Strathclyde, Archaeology Scotland and stakeholder bodies.This project will explore the use of the Ba River area of Rannoch Moor for settlement, subsistence, hunting and industry from the medieval to early modern period through a programme of excavations, augmenting previous surveys. Through landscape storytelling we will communicate new narratives of communities’ resilience to a changing climate.
(Re)Creating sound and place at Glencoe
This project, run by Elizabeth Robertson as part of a SGSAH doctoral training partnership, explores the use of interactive audio experiences and immersive media installations to produce new, nuanced and challenging narratives about the landscape of Highland Scotland through the case study of Glencoe. This has involved field collecting practice, archival research and stakeholder engagement as well as the use of creative approaches to reproducing sounds lost from the landscape, to compose audio experiences for public engagement, working with the National Trust for Scotland and Glencoe Folk Museum.
Repopulating the braes
This project, run by Edward Stewart as part of a SGSAH doctoral training partnership, explores the relationship between shieling practice with other seasonal industries and practices in the uplands of Scotland in the post-medieval period. Case study landscapes included Mar Lodge, the Isles of Canna and Sanday, and Glencoe where two seasons of survey and excavations have explored the busy taskscapes of Gleann Leac-na-Muidhe. This project also explored how the local community of Glencoe interact with their upland landscapes and heritage and the values they associate with these places through workshops and walking interviews. This project has collaborated with the National Trust for Scotland and Glencoe Folk Museum. Find out more here!
