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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Out digging in Glasgow’s East End where we have now uncovered the lost East wall of Harvie’s Dykes - the site of some radical history! We’ve been getting some great finds, there’s still time to visit the excavations - before lunchtime today! @archscot.bsky.social #GBPT @glasgowcc.bsky.social

Excavators at work in the trees beside the river Clyde in dappled sunlight.

A 18th c trade token with the emblem of Glasgow on the front and the text ‘let Glasgow flourish’

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Trevor Wiley @mearcsteppende.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Want to learn how early medieval people living on the coast in Scotland hunted seals and seabirds? Or how collecting sea snails on the beach was part of new Christian practice? You should check out my new article in Water History! link.springer.com/article/10.1... #medievalsky

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Wild animals, small practices, and the formation of an early medieval coastal landscape on the Firth of Forth - Water History

The large-scale landscape changes that occurred in northern Britain from roughly 400–800 C.E. were built on a vast array of smaller shifting practices which reflected the realities of local environmen...

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Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Two (very likely) Neolithic axe fragments from the #CamphillDig26 site found in the past 24 hours. Nothing like this has been found in Glasgow for well over a century!

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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Kieran is one of the Archaeologists responsible for serious work on New Cathkin Park, the First Hampden and Anwoth. As such, he is a top chap and a man worthy of the utmost respect.

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Out digging at the Camphill earthwork with @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social and Kieran Manchip @archscot.bsky.social and students and volunteers. This site has everything from prehistory and post-medieval farming to rich contemporary archaeology (campfires, arboglyphs, graffiti, and witchy rituals)!

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Striking evidence of the disproportionate levels of community need in the former Strathclyde region @clydevalleyarf.bsky.social

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ScARF @scarf-scot.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

There's still time to sign up for the third annual Clyde Valley symposium! Register for your free place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cvarf-symp...

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I had a great time this weekend at @postmedarch.bsky.social presenting on the designing utopia project (excavating an Owenite community in Lanarkshire) with @bromolloy.bsky.social and Kieran Manchip, and hearing amazing research from all the fabulous SPMA-ers!

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Stef North-Sagrott @archaeostef.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Great to see @eddiecstewart.bsky.social talk for @eafsarch.bsky.social featured in @edinburghminute.com this morning. Free, but ticketed: Wicked Wild Wastes Glencoe and Rannoch Moor 17th - 18th Centuries Date: 13 may • 19:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wicked-wil...

Wicked wild wastes or sunlit uplands? Glencoe and Rannoch Moor in the 17th & 18th centuries.
Tomorrow, Wed 13 May - 'Many of Scotland's upland landscapes are perceived as empty 'wildernesses'. This presentation by Dr Eddie Stewart (Archaeology Scotland) will explore how archaeology can offer alternative narratives towards our upland landscapes.'
7pm to 9pm | Paterson's Land, EH8 8AQ | £3 donation - More details here, shared by Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society.

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I’m excited to share our latest blog post from the GLAS project, based on fieldwork conducted in March at the settlement of Achtriachtan. You can find 'Achtriachtan and the Power of Walking' by Professor Michael Given here: glencoe.glasgow.ac.uk/achtriachtan...

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Achtriachtan and the Power of Walking – Glencoe Landscape Archaeology & Storytelling Project

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Dr Monika Reppo @chronicamonika.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hoping to see all my post-medieval colleagues in Reading next month! Ps. I will be presenting my paper, 'From plague to pottery to bullets: a post-medieval suburban plot in Tallinn, Estonia' on the final day of #PMAC26

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

A great article from the BBC on the allocation of our Glencoe 2023 finds to the Glencoe Folk Museum! This gives some wonderful context to the finds, and the redevelopment by the GFM. #TreasureTrove @nts-archaeology.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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'Glencoe Massacre' coin hoard to be displayed in folk museum

The 36 coins were found inside a pot, hidden under the fireplace of a property linked to a murdered clan chief.

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Great news! Following Treasure Trove review the 'Glencoe Hoard' and other finds from the Summerhouse of MacIain excavations will be joining the Glencoe Folk Museum collection. 🙌

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I'm excited to share the allocation by Treasure Trove of the finds from our 2023 season at the Summerhouse of MacIain, including the 'Glencoe Hoard', to the Glencoe Folk Museum. You can read about the acquisition and the museum's ongoing redevelopment here: glencoe.glasgow.ac.uk/treasure-tro...

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Treasure Trove News! – Glencoe Landscape Archaeology & Storytelling Project

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I had a lovely time this evening talking to @postmedarch.bsky.social PhD group about my research into shieling practice in Scotland - and our excavations in Glencod - as part of a session on archaeologies of agriculture with Jeff Oliver and Eugene Costello.

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Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

New #UrbanPrehistory blog post - 'Lush prehistory'. Would you like a small cup-and-ring marked stone to be gently rubbed back and forth against your jowls? Well you can now, for £150. Thanks @eddiecstewart.bsky.social! theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/l...

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Lush prehistory

In the name of relaxation, would you like a small cup-and-ring marked stone to be gently rubbed back and forth against your jowls like this gentleman? Image (c) Lush (source) Now you can thanks to …

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

A new fireside tale - traversing the 17th century - from the Glencoe Archaeology Project. I love how these evidence based stories build a world around and animate the archaeological finds.

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

You can check out our latest storytelling blog from the Glencoe Archaeology Project here: glencoe.glasgow.ac.uk/the-house-of... This story explores the 17th century tacksman's house in Achnacon, and the biography of this dwelling, its occupants and finds.

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Dr Monika Reppo @chronicamonika.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

… Or you could read about it in this fieldwork article (but miss some of the drama & extended bits of research): doi.org/10.15157/ave... Or if you want to make me really happy, read the article & come hear the paper & ask me oddly specific questions #pmac26

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Plague, pottery and plenty of bullets – excavations at Pärnu Rd 59, Tallinn: Katk, keraamika tootmine ja korralik kogus padruneid – arheoloogilised välitööd Pärnu mnt 59 krundil Tallinnas | ...

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

To celebrate the launch of our new Glencoe website we have a blog post for you all - which follows some recent fieldwork by @nts-archaeology.bsky.social and myself to visit a mill stone quarry in one of Glencoe's corries. You can find out here: glencoe.glasgow.ac.uk/oh-schist-a-...

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Oh Schist! A millstone quarry at 400m – Glencoe Landscape Archaeology & Storytelling Project

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

If the finder were an archaeologist this would be an unthinkable story, our training teaches us that artefacts represent a shared past. His training is in documents, he sees objects as something to be auctioned, a source of 'reward' Is this an anomaly? Historian friends, how do you feel about this?

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Beautiful day yesterday to go up Meall Mor, beside the NTS visitor centre in Glencoe, to inspect this millstone rough out up at 400m OD in Coire nan Cuilc. Thanks to @eddiecstewart.bsky.social for coming along.

Large round stone with hole in upland landscape with red and white 1m scale pole and person with rucksack looking on

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Look what just dropped on the doormat! The latest issues of #CurrentArchaeology and our work on Ben Lomond made it on to the front cover! @currentarchaeology.bsky.social @n-t-s.bsky.social @nattrustarch.bsky.social

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

"I felt the urge to cry out that they could never understand the relationship we hold with this place: a relationship carried not in ownership but in reciprocity, where the land sings through Gaelic names, stories, and memories borne across generations." @eddiecstewart.bsky.social

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

This clay pipe we found during our 2023 season at the Summerhouse of MacIain in Glencoe is quite on theme for Burns’ night. The pipe was likely left by a 19th century visitor to the site who may have been on a tour of the Highlands: glencoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com/2024/01/24/f...

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Find Study: The Pipes

A fascinating assemblage of clay pipe fragments were uncovered over the course of our excavations in Gleann Leac-na-Muidhe in 2023 spanning the 17th-19th centuries. This blog post will explore a fe…

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UofGARC @uofgarc.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Help us develop a global map of how Burns Night is celebrated! Take Part in The Burns Supper at 225 Years Research Project ⬇️ . There are still tickets for our annual Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference this Sat (17th Jan), held in the ARC: gla.ac/3LaXLe5

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

It was great to spend a day with such enthusiastic students exploring careers in archaeology and the industrial heritage of North Lanarkshire.

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Clyde Valley Archaeological Research Framework @clydevalleyarf.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I had a great day out at @nlheritage.bsky.social Summerlee Museum with students from St Margaret’s in Airdrie exploring their industrial collections! We were lucky to get the chance to peak behind the scenes, and get hands on with their collections!

A tour of the museums stores with Rosie Shackleton!

Finds handling with David from Summerlee

Before the modern curlers how did folks get their hair curled? Here are a pair of early 20th c curling irons!

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Looking forward to the Robert Burns conference this weekend examing the role of the Burns supper. I'll be giving a talk about our whisky project and the National bard. @uofgartshums.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...

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Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference

A conference exploring the life, work, and legacy of Robert Burns, this year celebrating the 225th anniversary of the Burns Supper

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

"...a hint of warmth on your skin which will not truly arrive for another three months. These powerful sensory moments can come at any moment, never when you expect them. As an archaeologist, one of the great joys of these moments is to know that they are now as they ever were." tinyurl.com/2xrnzb4e

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Archaeology of Light and Change

As the year turns again, we find ourselves in the shortest and darkest days. In Scotland, as in other northerly places, this time of year provides an important reminder that while in some ways the …

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I really love these illustrations of some of our finds featured on tonights Digging for Britain, alongside some of the many other wonderful finds made across the country!

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Great project done recently about enslavement and Scottish rural history lamhan.scot/2025/05/06/l...

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Legacies of Slavery: Reflecting on a Complex Heritage in Rural Scotland – Làmhan

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

You can find myself, @nts-archaeology.bsky.social and @uofgartshums.bsky.social Prof Michael Given tonight on Digging for Britain at 9pm on BBC2, talking about our 2025 Glencoe season! Below a wee work in progress reconstruction based on our 2 seasons at Achnacon by me, and a pic by Derek!

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Tune in to 'Digging for Britain' #DfB2026 tonight to find out about some of the exciting results from our project in Glencoe with Glasgow Uni. @eddiecstewart.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @n-t-s.bsky.social

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I am excited to launch our latest blog post from the Glencoe Landscape Archaeology and Storytelling Project - by our excavation and finds lab supervisor Amy Hellier on her work in our project archives! You can find Amy's blog post here: glencoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/i...

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In the Archive: Finds Auditing

Leap into our artefact catalogues, finds studies and archiving processes with Amy Hellier, excavations and finds lab supervisor. ………….. If you have joined us on excavation o…

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

You can check out our latest 'Fireside story from Glencoe' written by @lizzierobertson.bsky.social featuring a film by Lív Brownlie, Lauren Blackburn, Beatrice Sumner, and Alex Thomson, with Rhiannon Bramham and Mara Campbell) here: glencoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/t...

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The Tarbh Uisge of Loch Achtriachtan: Fireside stories from Glencoe

A film by Lív Brownlie, Lauren Blackburn, Beatrice Sumner, and Alex Thomson, with contributions from Rhiannon Bramham and Mara Campbell. In the middle of Glencoe, at the foot of the three sisters, …

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I really enjoyed this short piece of object based speculative fiction; a deceptively simple but powerful critical design technique that is extremely difficult to do well. There's a very fine line between speculation & fantasy and even after a decade plus of practice my success rate is only 50/50!

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

You can find the second of our 'Fireside stories from Glencoe' series here: glencoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/t... This post explores the story of the Glencoe Hoard (discovered in 2023) and is based on research by @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social Dr Jesper Ericsson.

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The Chief’s coin pot: Fireside stories from Glencoe

A story by Dr Edward Stewart Alisdair Mac Alisdair Ruadh (‘Alexander son of red-haired Alexander’) Chief of the MacIain MacDonalds of Glencoe. The chief, an old man now, sits by the fir…

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

"But it should be said that he wasn’t the sharpest sgian dubh in the glen. If it was a bit of negotiation you wanted over the small matter of some missing cattle, or some tact and diplomacy, then the last thing you wanted was Big Archie rushing in with his knife and his hot temper." 🤗

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I had a fantastic time at #TAG2025 in York. It was wonderful to attend so many sessions, present in @claireboardman.bsky.social’s amazing session on responses to the climate crisis, and chair a session for the first time with Dr Cole Juckette, and have a nice time in a pretty city too!

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

We're down to the last few hours! ⏱️ #ChristmasChallenge 🎄 donation window closes tomorrow: 12:00 noon. Tremendous response over the last week 🙏 and the #BigGive means that every £1 generously given is matched to £2. Any/all kindness makes a huge difference to a young person ✨ tinyurl.com/y96zpbps

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Empowering Young People Through Archaeology – Big Give

We want to offer more opportunities for young people and their communities to participate in archaeology to help bridge the …

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

[Since you now restrict replies on all posts to those you follow, I'll respond here] I've critiqued your use of inaccurate #AI depictions for #scicomm because they're potentially misleading, esp out of context. Contra your ethics statement, you're still not labelling AI, & ignore peer critique

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Re-upping this because I undersold it and I'm practicing representing myself better. I really like my blog. Some of my favourite thoughts are there. Yes, I need to tidy it, but if you like me & what I post here, you'll like the 6 posts of this thread & you'll know me better for reading them.

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