Tag: Fieldwork
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Summer Season 2024: Get Involved!
As part of our Glencoe Field School, in collaboration with the National Trust for Scotland, we will be hosting drop-in site tours at our excavations at Achnacon between the 13th-23rd June, as well as a host of opportunities to find out more about our work and get involved! To visit the site you can park…
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Glencoe Field School 2024
In February Lizzie Robertson and I spent a week in Glencoe scoping out features and sites to excavate as part of our 2024 Glencoe field school (#Glencoe2024) as well areas of the landscape where survey would add to our understandings of land use in the glens post-medieval past. With the construction of the first stretch…
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Field School 2023: 16/08/23
Today our team was busy across the Glencoe and Rannoch landscapes. Our excavation team began the recording of our excavation site with a photomodel being produced by Cole Juckette which required no small amount of bailing of the trenches by our valiant dig team. Afterwards Sean and Amy completed a section drawing of our area…
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Field School 23: 11/08/23
Today our teams headed back into the field, the survey team exploring the landscape of lairig Gartain, the digital media team worked hard with the material collected earlier in the week to develop an audio visual installation piece for our open day at the NTS centre on the 12th. Survey: Samantha Bodiam We went to…
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Field School 2023: 10/08/23
Today our teams continued their work across the Glencoe landscape! At the excavation site the team uncovered some exciting deposits within the structure we are investigating perhaps relating to the occupation of the structure. The survey team continued exploring the coffin cairns and structures of Lairig Eildh. Digital Team – Kaitlyn Whitsitt We spent today…
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Field School 2023: Inductions
Induction Days: Ellie Brown On arriving in Glencoe we went straight to the excavation site, where deturfing was already underway on the interior of the structure. After our introduction to the site, we took a walk through the wider landscape, which looked very moody and atmospheric in the mist and the rain. Michael told the…
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Field School 2023: 09/08/23
This was our first full day in the field – after landscape and site orientations on the 7th and 8th. Our survey team has been up Lairig Eildhe exploring this important pass between Glencoe and Glen Etive. The excavation team continued investigating the ‘House of MacIain’. Our digital team joined the survey team to explore…
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Field School 2023: Glencoe Archaeology Open Day
On Saturday 12th August we will be hosting an archaeology open day as part of the 2023 field School (#Glencoe2023) at the NTS Visitor Centre in Glencoe. This will run from 10am-4pm and feature a variety of activities and experiences for all audiences! Designed by Elizabeth Robertson, Dr Gareth Beale and our students audio and…
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Field School 2023: Pre-Excavation
In August 2023 we will be carrying out a programme of fieldwork in Glencoe exploring aspects of the use and management of this amazing landscape in the Post-Medieval period. This will involve walkover surveys, excavations and workshops in media production for public engagement so keep your eyes pealed for updates! In this post we explain…