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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 19h

Good site visit out to see the #GUARD Archaeology team who have just started excavating at the Chest of Dee mesolithic site at #MarLodgeEstate

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Inside the 16th century doocot (dovecot) at Dirleton Castle.

View looking up at the shelves and boxes inside a round dovecot to an opening at the top.

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 02/10/2026

📰 Discovery of an early medieval monastery of “international importance” in Argyll, Scotland sheds light on the influence of Christian networks in the region during the first millennium AD. 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

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Legendary medieval monastery with ‘international importance’ found on Scottish island

Lios Mòr monastery was once ‘a thriving centre of worship, craftsmanship and learning’

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Fiona Campbell-Howes @fortrenn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Looking forward to welcoming people to our @pictishartssociety.bsky.social conference this afternoon! A fantastic line-up of experts discussing the 'Pictishness' of Pictish art. We'll also pay tribute to David Henry, editor of the Pinkfoot Press, who very sadly died this week.

Agenda slide for Day 1 of the Pictish Arts Society conference 2026, on the theme of the Pictishness of Pictish Art. The conference runs from 1.40 to 5.30 and we have four 40-minute papers with 10 minutes Q&A each. The speakers and titles are: Professor Jane Geddes, Insular Art and its Pictish Components; Dr Martin Goldberg, The Changing Artistry of the Pictish Symbols Over Time; Professor Gordon Noble, Stone and the Gods: Religious Cognition and Stone Carving in Pictland; and Andy Heald, The Pictishness of Pictish Metalwork? The day is dedicated to the late David Henry of the Pinkfoot Press, who published a new edition of John Romilly Anderson and Joseph Anderson's foundational 1903 work The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland, as well as many other titles of key importance to Pictish studies.

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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We certainly enjoy our time #outinthefield, whether that’s undertaking geophysical surveys, building recording, walkover surveys, or excavation (among many other things!), but that’s not the end of the story. What happens to all the 'stuff' we find?

Filing cabinets full of brown boxes with writing on them relating to which site the finds were recovered from.

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're chuffed to bits to see this 'monumental propagation effort' increase the population of the extremely rare Catacol whitebeam (not found anywhere else in the world). Well done @n-t-s.bsky.social & In Vitro Microplants. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2659402...

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Rare trees grow from just three to hundreds in Scottish island project

Conservation offers hope for island’s rare whitebeams

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sites are being prepped on Oronsay for archaeological excavation and geophysical survey. 🏺 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social

Mowed grass in field with tractor and coastline on the horizon. Fair weather with few clouds.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good to see our discovery of part of a copper illicit whisky still made it into the most recent edition of the NTS members magazine.

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NPicts @northernpicts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Super pleased to see this out (and open access!). Moluag was clearly an important figure in Pictland, here we got to help the team who made such important discoveries at Moluag's monastery get the word on the street about the importance of Lismore and the new findings! tinyurl.com/5cb9vf3p

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A major monastic centre? Rethinking Lismore’s place in the ecclesiastical landscapes of early medieval Britain | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

A major monastic centre? Rethinking Lismore’s place in the ecclesiastical landscapes of early medieval Britain - Volume 100 Issue 413

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Congratulations to our colleagues in the NTS Fundraising Team especially Ali, Jenny, and Andrew for winning the Scottish Fundraising Award for our Corporate partnership with The Glenlivet for our Pioneering Spirit whisky project. Well done.

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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Provan Hall, dating back in part to the 1460s and built as a base for the Prebendary of Barlanark, before renovation. This little-known gem stands in Auchinlea Park, on the west side of Glasgow's Easterhouse and close to the M8 motorway. More pics and info www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Glasgow

Provan Hall. The image shows a rough stone building of two storeys in height and a circular tower on the corner nearest us. The right side, which extends away from us, is in shadow. This building is connected by a linking stone wall to another range on the left, which is finished in white. There are trees in the background. The sky is mainly blue.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Finished and backfilled at Culzean castle before the heavy rain today. Myself and Alice took a trip down to see the caves below the castle as she did her undergrad dissertation on the animal bones we found.

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Stef North-Sagrott @archaeostef.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What are you looking for?

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In addition to our Glasgow City clay tobscco pipe bowl and our Irish bowl, we found this nice one from Dargavel, Ayr, today at Culzean Castle

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We had 20 volunteers along to help us on our last day of test pitting today at Culzean Castle. Alsi lots of members of the public passung by and asking questions.

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Graeme Warren @graemewarren.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Close interval test pits!

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Drone photo of our test pits at Culzean Castle this week. Its a photo of the screen so not the best quality...

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Another good day test pitting at Culzean Castle.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Gail and Christine found these fragments of 18th century decorated tile. Thanks to Norma for finding a complete version of the Peggy version online.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We are staying on site at Culzean Castle estate so get to walk aroubd in the evening. Last night there was a function on in the castle so the outside was lit up. Looked great.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

After a wet night, it was a very sunny day here at Culzean Castle. We had three local primary schools out to hrlp us today.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Good Day 2 here at Culzean. Gail and Christine found a really nice clay tobacco pipe bowl with the image of a tree on it.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Great to be back at Culzean Castle on the Ayrshire coast. Digging test pits this weel on the West Green.

Sandstone castle in background with archaeologists on hands and knees digging a line of 1m test pits in green grass lawn

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Hannah Wickes @hannahwickes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A beautiful long weekend of excavating with @nts-archaeology.bsky.social at Fyvie Castle.

Exterior of Fyvie Castle with towers and turrets.

Two people dig a long excavation pit and one metal detects in the background.

A small test pit trench with a pile 9f stones next to it

Fyvie Castle behind a tree and some bushes.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 19/09/2026

Sir David Lyndsay’s masterpiece of #Renaissance #theatre 𝘈𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴 was first performed for James V in 1540, & is “probably the most dramatically & politically radical piece of theatre produced in 16th-century Britain” #BookWormSat doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/08/12/d...

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David Lyndsay’s Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estatis

By Kate McGregor (@ks_mcgregor) David Lyndsay is perhaps Scotland’s best, but least well known, poet and playwright.[1] Yet his work both reflects the vibrant culture of early modern Scotland and t…

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Do you know @thescottishcrannog.bsky.social artefacts excavations of Oakbank Crannog have been recognised as Nationally Significant, including 2500 year old fabrics. Real privilege to present on behalf of @archscot.bsky.social on Why Archaeology Matters At This Time? as part of #ScotArchMonth

Side of crannog walkway overlooking Loch

View out of crannog door to distant thatched buildings

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Back from holiday to find copies of @currentarchaeology.bsky.social magazine on the doormat with our Staffa article on the front cover.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11/09/2026

Applications now invited for the Society's next round of research funding: for Postgraduates, studying for a PhD, and Early Career Historians, within 5 years of completing a doctorate: bit.ly/4ywZi0S Grants of £500-£1000 to pursue research. Closing date 4 December 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

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Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: December 2026 deadlines - RHS

The Society invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians at a range of career stages — with closing dates from 4 December 2026. Postgraduate Research Support Grants, 2026-...

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Published today - read our article about archaeological work on the Scottish island of Staffa. #CA439 #coverstory @currentarchaeology.bsky.social

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Published today - read our article about archaeological work on the Scottish island of Staffa. #CA439 #coverstory @currentarchaeology.bsky.social

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As we drift into autumn, September will see archaeological excavations at two of NTS castle site - Fyvie and Culzean.

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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It's the end of Week 5 of #Bodiam100, the rain has arrived & our work is largely complete! First, we'd like to acknowledge the extraordinary team effort - with 210 participants digging, finds washing & sharing discoveries, this has been a HUGE undertaking, THANK YOU! 🧵 📷 Ellis Briley #OutInTheField

Two people are giving a trench tour while other archaeologists are working in the background

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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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St Kilda World Heritage Site NTS @stkildawhs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

On this day in 1930 the last St Kildans left their island home to start new lives elsewhere in Scotland. They left behind their homes and fields, their school and church. Some would be excited, others anxious as they waved farewell to their island home

A graveyard surrounded by a drystone wall with the sea behind

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Crookston Castle @crookston.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Dont forget to come to Glasgow’s best community celebration in a Castle! 😉 TOMORROW 📅 Saturday 29 August ⏰ 12–3pm 🎟️ FREE, all welcome! Crookston Castle Community Fun Day

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Summer holiday, 1813 edition 🌊 That summer, artist William Daniell set off from Land’s End to travel the coast of Great Britain, sketching the landscapes along the way. The result? Voyage Round Great Britain, an eight-volume record of 308 beautifully detailed acquatints of Britain’s coastline

An engraved drawing from inside a cave looking out to sea. The cave is full of cylindrical rock formations (that almost look like tree trunks or logs) and waves are crashing against them. In the background you can see ships out at sea in the distance, with birds flying in the sky.

Engraving of a scenic view of a rugged coastline. Waves are crashing up against the side of the rocks and in the distance you can see land further out at sea. The coast is covered in puffins, both sat on the clifftops and flying.

Engraving illustration of a ruined castle, all that remains is a turret, precariously positioned on the edge of a cliff. Surrounding it is lots of greenery, a beach and the sea. It looks like a lovely summer evening and there are people down at the beach and a couple sat by the ruins with their dog admiring the view.

An engraving illustration of the a view out to the sea. In the foreground, you can see lots of greenery, grass where deer are grazing and large Monterey Cypress trees are growing leading down from the clifftop to the sea. In the background is the sea, you can see for miles and there are lots of little sailing boats in the water.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Lunga 2026 Archaeology and Footpath team just leaving the island today. Great week. Thanks to NTS Iona team - Harrie and Emily for arranging and to Venture West boats for taking us out and back.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Nice sunny day yesterday on Lunga and windy but still had to keep emptying trench of water.

Archaeologist in muddy trench using half a plastic bottle to remove water. View is looking down a rocky gulley towards the sea.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We did a site plan today as it was too wet to dig.

Archaeologist in wet raincoat drawing on a white board. She is standing in a muddy trench part filled with water. The trench is locsted within the green base of a stone sided gulley above the sea.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Rainbow over the campsite on Lunga tonight after a very wet day.

Big orange teepee tent in a green grassy area with a line of people and drying jackets to the right. There is a rainbow arcing over thein the sky frim side to side.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Got the tents set up on Monday afternoon before the rain. Guys from the footpath team are here to do some work at the same time.

Small grren grassy islet with large orange pointy trnt in middle surrounded by smaller green tents. Other islands in middle diatance with the island of Coll on the horizon.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Out on the island of Lunga, one of the Treshnish Isles, this week to excavate a possible illicit whisky bothy.

Alice sitting on back of bright orange boat surrounded by equipment with the waves from the boat in background

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Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This Joint Statement is a shared commitment to further the sustainable management of the historic environment in UK National Parks and make opportunities for all to understand, appreciate, enjoy, and engage creatively with it. @whitbynats.bsky.social nationalparks.uk/joint-statem...

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Joint Statement on the Historic Environment in the National Parks of England, Scotland and Wales - National Parks

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 31/07/2026

Every day, in every kind of weather, our 600+ rangers and approx. 6,000 countryside volunteers are rolling up their sleeves and restoring nature at the places in our care. On #WorldRangerDay we say a big thank you to all our ranger teams for looking after all these incredible places.

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Very successful archaeology week for Daniel and the team working on the old castle of Dun dig, at the House of Dun in Angus.

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

A "Hail Caledonia" postcard showing a before and after of the Cathedral Street renovations completed by The National Trust for Scotland and Perth County Council as part of the "Little Houses" renovation scheme. This work took place between 1954 and 1965.

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I was struggling to interpret the timber structures adjacent to the 17th/18th c. mill being excavated at Pentreheylin, Powys as there are no UK comparisons but then I had a look at mills in European paintings of the time and it starts to make sense.

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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Tomorrow (Friday 24th) National Trust archaeologists will be on hand to answer your questions for #AskAnArchaeologist as part of the #FestivalofArchaeology. It's probably one of our favourite days of the year! Join us here between 9.15am and 4pm. @nationaltrust.org.uk @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

Two people digging in a trench with yellow and black tape around the edge which reads 'archaeology'

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We are digging at House of Dun in Angus over the next week. Looking for the remains of the earlier castle site. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dig-for-du...

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Dig for Dun!

Ever wondered what archaeologists do? Ever wanted to make your own historical discovery? Now’s your chance!

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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Knepp Accord has been agreed & signed by 50 specialists from across archaeology, farming, heritage & nature recovery incl. Prof Amy Bogaard, Dr Anwen Cooper (Rewilding) & colleagues in the NT & Oxford Archaeology (@oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social) 8point9.com/knepp-accord...

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Knepp Accord aims to unite history and nature for climate‑resilience - 8.9ha

Knepp Accord aims to unite history and nature for climate‑resilience

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