We are researchers based at the University of Glasgow, interested in exploring the landscapes of Glencoe and Rannoch Moor through archaeological, environmental and creative approaches.
Since the fieldwork season finished in August we’ve been hard at work preparing illustrations, processing our finds and samples and planning what our next season of fieldwork might look like. We’ve also been working with Robert Ferro, a University of Glasgow Undergraduate, to produce 3D printed models of our excavations areas, and we hope sometime…
Based on surveys and excavations carried out as part of my PhD project ‘Repopulating the Braes: Shieling practice, upland seasonal industries and agricultural practice in post-medieval Scotland‘ I am excited to announce the publication of an account of the upland archaeology of Gleann Leac-na-Muidhe, Glencoe in the 2023 volume of the Proceedings of the Society…
In the last few weeks our team have been working on many aspects of the lab works and recording which occurs after an excavation. In our soil science labs Oscar and I have been supervising student volunteers in floating our soil samples and sorting the residue, with help from Aris Palyvos. With the help of…
On the 7th and 8th October Edward Stewart and Elizabeth Robertson from our team attended the Highland Archaeology Festival Conference in Inverness (braving the weekends storms) to present research on Glencoe at this community conference. Presenting on the results of upland surveys in Gleann Leac-na-Muidhe, and his shieling excavations of 2021 and 2022, and preliminary…
During our 2023 Glencoe field school an exciting find was uncovered within the ‘summerhouse of MacIain’, a pot containing coins from the 16th and 17th centuries. The pot, containing 36 silver and bronze coins, was discovered by student Lucy Ankers hidden beneath a slab within the grand fireplace. Inside, coins dating from the late 1500s…