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SCAPE works with the public to research, investigate, interpret and promote the archaeology of Scotland’s coast. scapetrust.org

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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We are back on Sanday Orkney, out and about with island residents doing a coastal survey and a mini-dig of a site eroding from the beach. It’s been 27 years since the island was last surveyed so it will be very interesting to see how the coastal archaeology has fared. #coastarch
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Evidence of coastal change is a vital part of SCAPE’s coastal surveys - but it’s not always easy to picture change over time. Our fantastic volunteers lined up along the position of the shoreline at Tentsmuir and the Eden Estuary 120 years ago, showing how much the coastal landscape has changed.
On the Eden Estuary erosion is at work, revealing hidden archaeological sites or washing them away forever.In parts of Tentsmuir the old shoreline is now almost completely out of sight, showing just how dramatic this change has been.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
YOU WILL NOT PASS Etched into this remarkable concrete anti-tank cube is the famous anti-fascist slogan "NO PASARAN" alongside a cartoon-like sketch of an enemy soldier. Could its creator have fought in the Spanish Civil War before returning home to defend Scotland's coast? Press articles below>>>
Cartoon-like drawing of an enemy soldier with the words No Pasaran and You Will Not Pass etched alongside in the wet concrete of the anti-tank cube at Tentsmuir.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
More fantastic WW2 graffiti on anti-tank cubes along the Tentsmuir stretch of the Fife Coastal Survey. They capture the moment marks were drawn into the fresh concrete. This cube "The Kiddies" has personal touch: a smiling British soldier in his unmistakable Brodie helmet. #coastarch
This concrete anti-tank block is covered in WW2 graffiti that includes a smiling British soldierAfter almost 86 years it is a bit hard to read! This photogrammetry model (thanks to Mike Arrowsmith!) helped to decipher the detail.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Exciting find from the Fife Coastal Survey: graffitied WW2 anti-tank cubes! Inscribed with "AMPC 56 Company 1940 True Pines" - the company of Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps who constructed them. But the final line is a mystery... Do you recognise "True Pines"? #coastarch #WW2 #truepines
WW2 anti-tank cube with graffiti
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Storms exposed an exciting site this winter at Lunan Bay in Angus - the imprints of human and animal feet in clay. Fortunately two locals spotted them. It is always worth checking the coastline, particularly after heavy storms. Good work all! www.abdn.ac.uk/news/25127/ #Archaeology
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Storms reveal rare 2,000-year-old footprints on Scottish beach
Storms which recently ravaged Britain's coastline have revealed 2,000-year-old footprints on an Angus beach - one of only a handful of locations in the UK where markings of this kind have ever been di...
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year from all of us at SCAPE! Thank you to our volunteers, followers, partners and funders for all your support in 2025. We look forward to seeing you as we survey Scotland's coast in 2026... #coastarch #hessupported #scotarchstrat
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
#5- our final pick in our highlights of 2025 - the discovery of a photo archive of Zulu herring drifters at Findorn linked to the fishing boat graveyard we investigated with Findhorn Heritage in 2015. This stunning set of stereoscopic glass plates show them on the shore in 1917.
BF 1986 Polestar. Zulu, carvel, decked. Built 1897 Gardiner, Cullen. First registered 2/04/1897 to owners George Wood (master), John Wood, James Wood. 1917-19 owner John Mair, Cullen. Information from The Mighty Zulu, Joseph Reid, 2012 - Buckie & District Fishing Heritage Centre
Thanks to Chris Harker for sharing these historic imagesRemains of a Zulu on the beach at Binsness - the boiler still in position BF 586 Beautiful Star. Zulu, carvel, decked. Built 1901 George Thomson, Buckie.
First registered 10/04/1901 to owners Alexander Mair (master), Alexander Mair Jnr, Portknockie, Alexander Reid, George Thomson, Buckie.
1905-1919 owners A. Mair and A Mair Jnr. Portknockie and Co.
26/12/1919 register closed. Vessel broken up.
BF 1933, Grateful. Zulu, carvel, decked. Built 1896 builder not recorded.
First registered 27/04/1896 to owner James Bruce (master), Andrew Findlay, Portessie who had her to 1902.
25/03/1902 sold to James Murray, George Murray (master) Portessie, James Bruce.
1904 to 1908 Portessie, registered to J. Bruce & Co.
1909 to 1920 Findochty, registered to A. Campbell.
Not in 1921-25 almanacs. No further information.
Information The Might Zulu, Joseph Reid, 2012 - Buckie & District Fishing Heritage Centre
Thanks to Chris Harker for sharing these historic imageAerial view of two well-preserved Zulu vessels usually below the low tide line at Binsness. Photo Eddie Martin
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
#4 of our #Top5 2025 - A new date for Newark, Sanday. Fish, whale & dolphin bone, recorded here over many years, suggested a specialised fish processing site. In early 2025 Storm Éowyn exposed stone buildings buried in sand. We sampled fish bone for radiocarbon dating. The result? ...
Erosion has exposed the clear edges of a buildingCod and ling bones recovered from an undisturbed layer
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
At #3 a newly identified Rocket Pole, Ness of Duncansby, Caithness Invented in the mid-1800s a mobile rocket apparatus fired a line to a ship in distress. A harness was attached to carry passengers&crew to safety. Rocket poles stood in for the ships mast in practice drills- very few survive!
Volunteer lifesaving brigades erected these poles as a stand-in for a ship’s mast – used during regular practice drills firing a line from a mobile rocket apparatus to a ship in distress.Everyone in coastal communities would have been familiar with this life-saving equipment. We even found an illustration of a rocket apparatus being used in an 1888 children’s book ‘Launch the Lifeboat’.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
#2 of our 2025 highlights - coming face to face with history revealed in eroding coast edges… As the sea cuts into the land, it reveals layers of past human activity, like layers of a cake, revealing glimpses of past events. Here’s a few favourites from the Yell and Dornoch surveys. #coastarch
At Gossaborough, on Yell, several metres of shoreline reveal tumbled masonry, burnt stone and scattered finds – strong evidence of prehistoric houses now being lost to the sea.The eroding section at Papil on Yell is a classic. Here, bands of white shell stand out against darker layers of heat cracked stone and charcoal, showing how the midden built up through repeated dumps over time.
A closer look revealed struck quartz tools, and just around the corner we spotted half of a saddle quern set within a tumbled wall.The Ness of Portnaculter in the Dornoch Firth is a wonderful example of a shell midden mixed with heat cracked cobbles, showing people once cooked and ate shellfish here.
Similar examples of seasonal shoreline feasts have been recorded in the prehistoric and up to the early medieval periods.At Basta Voe, Yell, a layer of clean white sand runs through the dark peat. This may record a major storm surge or even a tsunami that hit around 1,500 years ago. Thanks to Allen Fraser for showing us this site.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
We’ve had an amazing year of fieldwork - here’s our #Top5 2025 highlights: Pick #1 Broch of Burland, Shetland mainland. It looks spectacular from the air and like many on Shetland, is in a highly defended location - bounded by the sea on three sides and with massive banks and ditches.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Gletness made it into the Top 5 archaeological discoveries of 2025! Thanks to our collaborators and volunteers @archshet.bsky.social - we had a great time!
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The strong winds of Storm Bram coincided with high tides, potentially causing coastal erosion. When it’s safe you can help monitor changes by reporting any damage you see. Use Dynamic Coast's new Coastal Erosion Reporter tool at www.DynamicCoast.com Thank you! #stormbram #coastarch #hessupported
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Dig It! @digitscotland.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
In 2018, @coastarch.bsky.social raced against the tide to investigate a submerged prehistoric forest on a beach in Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Outer Hebrides) 🌳 It's one of the many sites in Scotland that are under threat from erosion and rising sea levels: www.digitscotland.com/how-to-help-...
Aerial photo of a beach with ‘shadow trees’ (pupils from the local school standing on tree stumps to represent the forest)
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The Dornoch Firth Coastal Survey (Mar/Apr2025) Report is out! Highlights: a monumental fish trap, Bonar bridge coastal engineering, & a wonderful discovery of zulu sailing drifter. Download here: scapetrust.org/wp-content/u... #coastarch #scotarchstrat #hessupported
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Gletness Excavation Report is out! In May, SCAPE & Archaeology Shetland excavated an eroding Middle-Late Iron Age settlement & a Bronze Age burnt mound. Short visit, big archaeology. Download the Report: scapetrust.org/wp-content/u... @archshet.bsky.social #coastarch #CoastalHeritage #hessupported
Aerial image of the excavation trenchesPrehistoric buildings exposed by coastal erosion
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
A mystery solved. . . Back in May, we asked for help identifying a wreck in Sandladie Voe, West Sandwick. Amazingly, someone gave us a possible name: Candace. #hessupported #shetlandwreck
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Join us on the latest Walk of Discovery in North Yell, Shetland. First up is the broch at Fillacomb point, not much to see except the faint outer traces of the bank. The coastline is exposed to the high energy of the North Atlantic Ocean battering against the rock (1/4)...
broch outer works at the edge of a cliff
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Tovakuddas are coastal rock pools and clefts used by Shetlanders between the 12th to 17th century to shrink or waulk 'Wadmal' - a handwoven wool cloth. The cloth was secured in these protective pools and the motion of the sea strengthened and thickened it... (1/3) #tovakudda #hessupported
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
This remarkable site at Sands of Breckon, Yell, is revealing layers of history. Coastal processes have exposed prehistoric houses and burial cairns. @archshet.bsky.social @standrewshist.bsky.social #HESsupported #coastarch #scotarchstrat
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Our excavation at Gletness in Shetland with @archshet.bsky.social revealed the heat-shattered stones of a burnt mound, a beautiful, manly limestone paved area, and excitingly, the closing slabs at the top of subterranean corbelled structure - possibly the roof of a Bronze Age well! #hessupported
A corbelled stone structure continues beneath the visible closing slabs. An area of paving may have been a passageway or cell in the burnt mound complex, and is covered by dumps of hearth waste (peat ash, burnt clay and charcoal) suggesting the hearth area is close by.Fire-cracked stones form the burnt mound, which surrounds the main activity area.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Sand layer from a possible tsunami 1500 years ago. A penny road built as a famine relief project in the 1840-50s. Eroding prehistoric settlement and a giant noost! Just a few highlights from the June survey in Yell. Huge thanks to everyone. Yell is a very special place. We had a wonderful time.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
What progress over just 4 days with the amazing @archshet.bsky.social on the Gletness dig. One or more big Iron Age buildings and a Bronze Age burnt mound. Done and dusted for now. Thank you everyone! #HESSupported #coastarch #ScotArchStrat
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Archaeology Shetland @archshet.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Gletness Day 2 with @coastarch.bsky.social
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Excellent first day with @archshet.bsky.social on the Gletness dig. Thank you everyone! #HESSupported #coastarch #ScotArchStrat
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
You can’t do a coastal survey in Shetland without encountering brochs. These epic monuments of the Iron Age never fail to impress and interest us. What's your favourite Shetland broch? #hessupported #coastarch #scotarchstrat
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
You never know what’s round the corner. This re-used saddle quern hints of a nearby prehistoric site - and sure enough - a few paces further, an Iron Age settlement is revealed in the eroding section. We look forward to returning to Yell in June for more! #hessupported #coastarch #scotarchstrat
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Shetland horizontal mills - used for a 1000 years - now mostly ruinous. You will find them alone or in groups, like these examples in North Yell. An intact working example survives at the Crofthouse Museum in Dunrossness which you can visit! #hessupported #coastarch #scotarchstrat
Breckon MillBreckon MillToft mill was described as a stone box built over the burn. It went out of use by the 1870s.Toft Mill
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Building of the day - a ruinous Böd – (store with accommodation associated with commercial fishing) on the shore at Lindburn, West Yell. We'd love to know more about the history of this interesting building! #hessupported #scotarchstrat #coastarch
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Looking forward to heading up to the beautiful island of Yell, Shetland for coastal surveys with the community 20-24 May and 4-6 June. Join us as we explore this historic coast or get in touch with your knowledge of Yell’s coastal heritage and coastal change #Coastarch #Hessupported #ScotArchStrat
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
A Norse fish processing site, a rocket pole, limekilns, intertidal poetry and more – all within an hour’s walk of John O’ Groats. Read about this wonderful coastal landscape on the Walk of Discovery blog scapetrust.org/a-walk-of-di... #hessupported #scotarchstrat #coastarch
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A Walk of Discovery: Ness of Duncansby, Caithness - The SCAPE Trust
Just east of John O’ Groats at a place called Robert’s Haven, you can see fragments of drystone walls and dark coloured soils full of pottery, shell, and fish bone eroding out of the dunes. Thanks to ...
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
If you encounter a monumental erratic like these ones at Roy’s Bay, Portmahomack, check if it's named on the historic OS map. Named rocks serve as landmarks for navigation and are often associated with local stories. They blur the lines between natural & cultural heritage. #HESSupported #CoastArch
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Such a great project covering loads of important maritime and coastal heritage! This report will be really useful for our work going forward. Congratulations on getting this substantial piece of work out! 🎉👏
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We had a great time on the Dornoch Firth over the last few days, discovering and recording the area's rich maritime heritage and sharing knowledge with enthusiastic local volunteers. Thanks to everyone who came out and helped with the survey! #CoastArch #HESSupported #ScotArchStrat
A massive, bleached white Sperm Whale skull rests on the rocky shore north of Portmahomack, having washed ashore years ago. A person stands behind it, highlighting its enormous size. Surrounding the skull are scattered stones and calm waters.Volunteers at the end of a hard day. Five people stand beside a railway arch, each holding a red and white ranging rod, with brown bracken and bare trees surrounding them. A misty picture of six people standing on a beach with several pools of water and the shore in the distance. In front, there are three seaweed-covered stones and a ranging pole marking the site of a supposed holy well. Tarbat Ness Lighthouse, built in 1830 by Robert Stevenson, stands tall with its red and white stripes at the tip of Tarbat Ness. Powerful North Sea waves crash against the eroding red sandstone cliffs surrounding the headland. Above, a bright blue sky is dotted with fluffy white clouds.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
It was an absolute pleasure to have you and the rest of the gang from @arcdurham.bsky.social with us! Thanks for all your help, and we'll keep you posted on when we are out next! #CoastArch #HESSupported #ScotArchStrat
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We had a cracking first day on our Dornoch Firth Survey, exploring the Rubha nan Sgarbh headland, which, according to the farmer Mr Simpson, means Point of the Cormorant - a place name with Gaelic and Norse elements. Thanks to the volunteers & Mr Simpson for his knowledge. #CoastArch #HESSupported
A group of five SCAPE volunteers stand next to an old, ruined fishing boat on the foreshore of the Dornoch Firth.A group of five SCAPE volunteers set off for a walk along the foreshore of the Dornoch Firth. Blue skies and sunshine on an early spring morning.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Our first coastal survey of the year will be along the southern coast of the Dornoch Firth! Join us March 7–10 & April 5–7 as we explore this historic shoreline or get in touch with your insights on the area's coastal heritage & knowledge of coastal change. #CoastArch #HESSupported #ScotArchStrat
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Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The last big 'reveal' of the Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard AHRC-funded project: the reading of the long runic inscription. Proud to say I played a small part in cracking it by spotting the two puncts around the final rune. The Hoard has now begun its worid tour! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Mystery behind Viking-age treasure find in Scotland may finally have been solved
A runic inscription on one of the Galloway hoard’s elaborately decorated arm rings has been deciphered
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Tidal swimming pools around the coast of Scotland have long been in decline, but recent interest in wild swimming has led communities to see the benefits and value of these historic pools. Thanks to groups in places like Cellardyke and Pittenweem in Fife, many pools have been revitalised. #CoatArch
Opened in May 1936 the Portobello Lido had the first open air wave machine, and its water was heated from the adjacent power station. It was closed in 1979 and demolished in 1988. 
Copyright undetermined. Image courtesy of University of St Andrews Library.
Cellardyke pool or “the Bathie” as it was known locally was opened in June 1933. In 2019 a group of local people formed the Cellardyke Tidal Pool Ltd so that they could restore and regenerate the pool, which was completed in 2024. The remains of the base of the diving board can still be seen at the pool at Cellardyke. The board and a chute were installed in 1934. Part of the pool had to be deepened to accommodate them - achieved by blasting the bedrock with dynamite! The Pittenweem tidal swimming pool has a rich history, with references dating back to 1895.  However, the pool took its current shape during its 1950s heyday.  After a period of decline, the pool was revitalized and reopened in 2021 as part of the West Braes Project, a community-led initiative aimed at rejuvenating the area.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This ruin at Strond, Isle of Harris, holds a rich history. Home to the Paisley Sisters, Marion & Christine Macleod, it’s where the first documented sale of Harris Tweed occurred in 1864. Trained in Paisley, they first spun the Murray tartan for Lady Dunmore, whose patronage helped popularise #Tweed.
The inauspicious remains of the building lie close to the shore, and some erosion can be seen on the south side (left-hand side of the picture) of the building. The small building would have served as their shop, with easy access to the shore and passing ships.Sitting just above the shore, the building is at risk from coastal erosion. A plaque can be seen next to the building explaining the history.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
A Viking Great Army Veteran in Scotland? ⚖️ My blog on the potential links been the Kiloran Bay boat burial and the #Viking Great Army. Making good use of the fabulous resources from the @ads-update.bsky.social and @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social. drtomhorne.com/2025/01/22/a...
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A Viking Great Army Veteran in Scotland?
Viking Great Army-style lead-inset weights from the Kiloran Bay Viking boat burial on Colonsay. Author, National Museum of Scotland. The Torksey Database Thanks to the recent Archaeology Data Servi…
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Some really important papers on Coastal Archaeology in the latest issue of the Journal of Field Archaeology including from our old colleague @ellster17.bsky.social Check it out! #ClimateHeritage
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
On the south edge of Ascog Bay on the Isle of Bute is a unique site – the mostly unaltered ruins of a salt panhouse. Three hundred years ago salt was made in this building by boiling sea water in iron pans, with coal supplied from a nearby mine. #CoastArch #HESSupported #CoastalErosion 🏺🌊🧂
This would have been a typical form of panhouse working in Scotland from the 15th to the 18th centuries. A very similar building used to stand at the saltworks at the Cock of Arran until it collapsed some years ago, leaving Ascog as a lonely survivor. 


The building survives to several meters in height on the edge of the bay, made out of red sandstone mortared together. Several small outlets can be seen, which may have been windows or used in the salt-making process. The building is partially covered in ivy and surrounded by trees.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Happy Hogmanay and all the best for 2025 from all of us at SCAPE! Thank you to our volunteers, followers, partners and funders for all your support in 2024. We look forward to seeing you as we visit more of Scotland's coast in 2025. #HESSupported #Coastarch #ScotArchStrat
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
The final site of our 2024 roundup is the wreck of the James A Wright, off Baile Sear Beach, North Uist. Wrecked in 1877, all 18 of the crew were saved and the ship was sold as salvage. A low tide in March revealed much of the outline of the 150-year-old vessel. #maritimearchaeology #CoastArch
An aerial view of the James A Wright. his is the James A Wright, an American full-rigged merchant ship built in Bath, Maine in 1868. Sailing from Liverpool to Finland when wrecked off Baile Sear in severe westerly gales on the 11th November 1877. All 18 crew were saved. 
Photo curtesy of David Newman.Volunteers investigate the James A Wright.Volunteers in the hold of the James A Wright.The James A Wright submerged below the Atlantic.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Our penultimate site: the Kelp industry on Orkney. Stronsay led Orkney’s kelp production from 1722, producing potash & soda from seaweed for the glass industry. Working with Stronsay High School, we surveyed drying walls & burning pits at Grice Ness, where erosion threatens the site #CoastArch 🪸🏺
Stronsay high school students help complete a measured survey of the kelping landscape at Grice NessKelp drying walls and kelp burning pits at the coast edge.Stronsay high school students mark out the future coastline at Grice Ness.A kelp drying wall at Grice Ness.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Our third highlight is a magical Iron Age site at Huisinis, Isle of Harris. A circular structure, built with glittering pink & grey Lewisian Gneiss rocks, dates back 2-3000 years. Partially buried in sand, it includes walls, bones, shells, & burnt stones, with more waiting to be revealed #CoastArch
Local volunteer Fran showing the scale of the Iron Age structure, not much of which is left.  Excavations have shown it is 2000-3000 years old. Nearby are fragments of further walls and an area of black peaty deposit containing crushed bone, shell, and burnt stone. 
Like many sites in mobile sand dune systems, this one is sometimes visible and sometimes not, and always vulnerable to erosion. More of the site might be revealed in the coming years...
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Next Up: the millstone quarry at Brunerican Bay, Southend, Kintyre. A rare millstone site with history. In the 1800s, farmers hauled millstones two miles to Machrimore Mill cheered on by crowds. Horses dragged the stones, guided by men with poles, ending with a feast of tatties, fish, and whisky 🥃
David, a local Kintyre volunteer, proudly showing off the partial remains of a millstone that he discovered on the coast at Brunerican Bay.A shot of the unusual and unique geology Brunerican Bay, where shifting sands cover the remains of broken millstones. In the background is an imposing headland where the site of Dunaverty Castle once stood, with the Mull of Kintyre in the distance. An example of another millstone site on the Covesea coast in Moray, which we recorded in 2022. Look out for whole millstones lying amongst the boulders along this wild stretch of shore.A detailed shot of one of the broken millstones. 
According to a first-hand account in the early 1800s, the miller would give notice for a millstone to be dragged from Brunerican Bay, two miles to Machrimore meal mill.  This was done every few years and seems to have been a festive occasion. Farmers gathered with horses and ropes at the beach. A dozen horses were yoked to the stone with strong ropes. A 40-ft pole was inserted through the hole in the centre of the stone and two or three men held onto this and used it as a lever to direct the path of the stone. The account describes the enormous effort needed to pull the stone across the soft sand. The horses were changed often and hundreds of onlookers encouraged them on. On the successful delivery of the stone to the mill, the miller invited everyone to the Inn for ‘Tatties and Glashans’ (coalfish) and ‘galore of whisky toddy’.
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
In the lead up to Christmas and as part of establishing our presence on Bluesky we thought it would be fun to share our favourite coastal sites that we recorded in 2024. We’ll post one a day until the 24th. #CoastArch #Archaeology 🏺 #HESSupported First up - Fassenden’s Wireless Station. 👇
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