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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hannah Boyd will be speaking at the TAFAC 2026 conference on Saturday 7 November. She’ll be sharing insights into the Forth Valley & Fife and North East Scotland Archaeological Research Frameworks. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recent-arc...

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Recent Archaeological work in Tayside and Fife 2026

Join us in person or online to hear the latest news of some of the amazing archaeology going on in Perth & Kinross, Angus and Fife

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kate Britton's talk at our 2026 TAFAC Conference: 'Stepping through the sands of time: discovery, rescue archaeology and analysis of the prehistoric footprint site at Lunan Bay, Angus’ : discovery, analysis and implications of Scotland’s first prehistoric footprint site.

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Derek Hall will be speaking at our 7 Nov 2026 TAFAC Conference: ‘Idleness is the enemy of the soul’. Season 3 of the Monastic Archaeology Field School at Lindores Abbey' Five new trenches were opened: what information do they provide on the operation of the Tironensian Abbey of Lindores in Fife?

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...

The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass. It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots. This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Announcing some of our 2026 Conference speakers! Richard Oram and Lucy Dean will be speaking on the Perth Charterhouse Project, which recently started excavations at the King James VI Hospital site in Perth.

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Doors Open Days 2026 in Perth & Kinross are 19 & 20 September. Loads of interesting buildings, free entry. Why not try the PSNS Library at Perth Art Gallery, visit the Museum of Abernethy, see a WWW2 POW camp or join a Rock Art Workshop! www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/pert...

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Doors Open Days | Perth & Kinross

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Our 2026 Conference is coming up soon! First Saturday in November is our date (7 Nov). We'll be at the James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie. Book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recent-arc...

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Recent Archaeological work in Tayside and Fife 2026

Join us in person or online to hear the latest news of some of the amazing archaeology going on in Perth & Kinross, Angus and Fife

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Open Day at Lindores Monastic Archaeology Excavations, 2 July, 10.00am to 3.00pm www.monasticarchaeology.org/2026-field-s...

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Northern Picts at Burghead, 22 August - site tours, displays, Pictish-style crafts - for a braw day oot!

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Thanks to Sunday Post for this headline: 'Vennel I See You Again'. (Visit Perth Museum if ye dinnae ken wut a Vennel is.)

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Dig It! @digitscotland.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Balgay Park in Dundee may have been established in the 19th century, but remnants of the past are scattered around it which stretch back 4,000 years ago 🌳 On 21 June, join a guided walk led by New Scots who've been researching the history and archaeology: www.digitscotland.com/events/guide...

A group of people standing in front of a park sign

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Dig It! @digitscotland.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

What was daily life like in the vennels for the traders, craftspeople and food producers of medieval Perth? 🏪 Uncover their stories at Perth Museum’s new exhibition, Vennels: Perth’s Little Streets, which features rarely seen archaeological discoveries: www.digitscotland.com/events/venne...

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Society of Antiquaries of Scotland @socantscot.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

NEW OPEN ACCESS E-BOOK: 'Roman Camps in Scotland' by @drbecjones.bsky.social Our 20th open access e-book will be of interest to those who wish to know more about the archaeology of the Roman army, its campaigns in northern Britain and the ancient military mind: www.socantscot.org/news/new-ope...

Relief of a camp on Trajan’s Column. A clavicula gate is depicted on the left of the image, and officers’ tents within the camp to the right.

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Cambridge University Press - Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org · 04/06/2026

With #Europa2026 approaching, explore curated prehistory research from #Cambridge! Articles are free to read through June where not already #openaccess. 📚 cup.org/4ulQbO5 #archaeology #prehistory @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

TAFAC is deeply sorry to hear of the recent death of Anna Ritchie, distinguished archaeologist and so much more. We extend our sincere condolences to Anna's family and friends. She will be sorely missed.

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Cambridge University Press - Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org · 29/04/2026

📣 @antiquity.ac.uk is flipping to #openaccess for research content! ✅ All research content published in the journal from January 2027 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌍. Find out more! 🔗 cup.org/4cvNjZj #archaeology #SAA2026SFO

The image announces that starting January 2027, the publication "Antiquity" will be open access for research. It features an open access symbol and abstract red design in the top right corner.

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Just published, #68 in the ARO series (free, Open Access). Well done to Cameron Archaeology and friends! 'Iron Age Age and early medieval settlement at Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire' by Moyra Simon, Alison Cameron & Gordon Noble www.archaeologyreportsonline.com/reports/2026...

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Archaeology Reports Online

Archaeology Reports Online - An online archaeological journal

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Rhynie, a Powerful Place of Pictland. Now available as an Open Access publication from Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, by Gordon Noble and a host of others: books.socantscot.org/digital-book...

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Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland: The development of a landscape of Pictish royal power from the Roman to the early medieval period | Open Access E-Books

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Next Abertay Historical Society talk is Brick Hunting in Scotland, by Ian Suddaby. April8, 2026,Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, Dundee Uni, 6.00pm for 6.30pm brick-off. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brickhunti...

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Brickhunting in Scotland

A talk by Ian Suddaby hosted by the Abertay Historical Society

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Another fine publication in GUARD Archaeology's online open access series: ARO67 is Alan Hunter Blair's 'A Minister's Abandoned Farmstead at Greeanan, Strath Brora, Sutherland' www.archaeologyreportsonline.com/PDF/ARO67_Gr...

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Abertay Historical Society @abertayhissoc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

We are delighted to say that our 2025 publication "A Beacon of Curiosity, Essays on Social and Industrial History in Honour of Enid Gauldie" has won the Alan Ball Award for Best Small Publication or Journal 2025. Copies can still be purchased via our website abertay.org.uk/product/a-be...

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A Beacon of Curiosity – Essays on Social and Industrial History in Honour of Enid Gauldie (2025) | Abertay Historical Society

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Videos recorded by Doug Rocks MacQueen at our November 2025 Conference are available on our website now! www.tafac.org.uk/category/con...

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Now available in our latest Open Access journal, TAFAJ Vol 31: 'Excavations at Cullykhan, Castle Point, Troup, Aberdeenshire' by Moira Greig, Laurie Maclagan-Wedderburn and Gordon Noble www.tafac.org.uk/.../11/V31-p...

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

In our new TAFAJ 31, we're pleaased to bring you the long awaited 'Excavations at Cullykhan, Castle Point, Troup, Aberdeenshire’ by Moira Greig, Laurie Maclagan-Wedderburn and Gordon Noble www.tafac.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

And it's here! Our very own Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal Volume 31 is now ready to download absolutely free. And it's a stoater, to use the technical Scottish term. Thanks to all our authors, illustrators, sponsors, typesetter and the editorial team. www.tafac.org.uk/2025/11/volu...

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📝Saline & District Heritage Society @salineheritage.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Thank you @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social for a brilliant conference yesterday in Rothes Halls. Talks were interesting & great to meet other societies🙂 #Fife #heritage

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Remember, remember the 1st of November, Conference season and pots.....see you at TAFAC in Glenrothes tomorrow www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recent-arc...

Scottish Redware pottery sherd from Lindores Abbey, courtesy Derek Hall

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Some more of 'Tayside's Treasures' to be featured at the 2025 TAFAC Conference in Glenrothes, 1 November

The Dundee Font, from the collections of Leisure and Culture Dundee

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

At our TAFAC conference on 1 Nov 2025, we'll be showcasing 'Tayside Treasures', objects curated by members of Tayside Museums Forum. 'A Cornucopia of Objects from across Tayside’s Museums' is presented by Lara Haggerty, Dorothy Jones, Angus MacIntyre, Jamie Kunka, Christina Donald and Mark Hall.

Lara Haggerty, Keeper of Books at Innerpeffray Library

18th century self-interpreting bible, by John Brown in Abernethy Museum's collection

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Looking forward to meeting up with all our exhibitors at the next TAFAC Conference on Saturday, 1 November in Glenrothes. For friendly archaeological chats and information, bargain books and quirky gifts, our lovely stallholders are getting ready to meet you.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

🔊Calling #Dundee! Mills, the UK's 1st public observatory, is about to turn 90! This time last year looming budget cuts threatened its closure forever, but overwhelming public support saved it🥳. Do join us for the 90th🎂birthday celebrations on the 27th Oct! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔭 🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...

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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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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Talks about recent Tayside and Fife archaeology! Bookstalls! Posters! Meet up and gossip with archaeology pals! Where can you do all that? At the Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee Conference, 1 Nov, Rothes Halls, Glenrothes of course. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recent-arc...

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Recent Archaeological Work in Tayside and Fife 2025

Our Annual Conference will be held on 1st November 2025 at the Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, KY7 5NX and live streamed

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Suzanne Swan (AOC Archaeology) will be speaking at TAFAC’s conference on 1 Nov in Glenrothes. The ‘Super Sewer’, a major Scottish Water project in Perth, from Tay Street to Shore Road along the River Tay enabled investigation of the area’s archaeological record.

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

At our TAFAC Conference on 1 Nov in Glenrothes, Colm Moloney will be speaking on 'Discoveries along the banks of the Tay: archaeological investigations in advance of the A9 Dualling: Tay Crossing to Ballinluig project’

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Abertay Historical Society @abertayhissoc.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

A reminder that we have an extra event tomorrow as part of #BlackHistoryMonth when Matthew Jarron will give a talk entitled "Black Performances on the #Dundee Stage c.1840s-1940s." tinyurl.com/AHSBHM25

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Black Performances on the Dundee Stage c.1840s-1940s

An illustrated talk by Matthew Jarron.

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

‘Dancing in the Ruins’-Season 2 of the Monastic Archaeology Field School at Lindores Abbey - Derek Hall's talk at our upcoming TAFAC Conference, 1 Nov, Glenrothes and online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recent-arc...

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Norman Atkinson will be speaking on 19 Oct at Farnell Church, Angus - on the History of the Farnell Pictish Stone

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Researched and designed by PlusPerth's Ropemakers' Heritage Group, we're pleased to announce the installation of the information board in the Ropey Close, off South Street in Perth. Thanks to all who contributed time, energy and artistic talent. Oh and the newly converted building is lovely too!

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Joe Fitzpatrick and Gordon Noble will be updating us on 'Excavations at East Lomond' at our conference in Glenrothes on 1 November. Exciting finds include a Pictish axe, pin and a rare carving of a human face. Photos courtesy of G Noble/Aberdeen University/Northern Picts Project

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

If you're looking for a talk in Dundee on 8 October, Kenneth Baxter of Abertay Historical Society will be speaking on 'Making Tracks to Dundee - 200 hundred years of local railway history' www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-tra...

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Making Tracks to Dundee - 200 years of local railway history

A talk by Kenneth Baxter hosted by the Abertay Historical Society

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Something a bit different to kick off the Perthshire Society of Natural Science's Archaeology and History Section's winter programme on Wed 8th Oct at the Soutar Theatre: "Songs from Perthshire’s History" with PlaidSong www.plaidsong.co.uk

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Plaidsong, singer/songwriters, traditional music, Perth, jacobite

Plaidsong are a traditional music duo based in Perthshire performing new and traditional songs linked to history including the work of Robert Burns, Hogg, Lady Nairne and their own songs. They perform...

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Speakers and their speaks at our 2025 TAFAC Conference, 1 Nov, Glenrothes, Fife:

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

At the TAFAC Conference 2025, 1 Nov in Glenrothes, AOC's Steven Watt will be talking about 'More from Recent(ish) Excavations at Upper Victoria, Carnoustie: A Post-excavation Update and a Trifecta of Souterrains' Photo (c) AOC: overhead shot of souterrains www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recent-arc...

Overhead view of archaeological site at Carnoustie, showing 3 souterains

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Abertay Historical Society @abertayhissoc.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

As part of #Railway200 our 8th October evening lecture will see Dr Kenneth Baxter give a talk entitled "Making Tracks to #Dundee - 200 years of local railway history" - more details at tinyurl.com/DRail200

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Making Tracks to Dundee - 200 years of local railway history

A talk by Kenneth Baxter hosted by the Abertay Historical Society

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Speakers at our upcoming conference, 1 November 2025 in Glenrothes : Kenneth Green and Maureen Kilpatrick (GUARD Archaeology) will update us on their work at Broxy Kennels in “A Tale of Two Forts”.

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

At TAFAC Conference 2025, we'll have Tertia Barnett from PKHT speaking about 'The Lost Stones of Strath Tay: community excavation of prehistoric rock art'

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Anne Marot will be speaking at the TAFAC 2025 Conference on 1 Nov, in Glenrothes, on 'The Mystery of St Monan’s Church: post-medieval burials in Inverarity, Angus'

A mound, a ranging rod, a yew tree - burial location at Inverarity

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

'Grain of Truth': at TAFAC's 2025 Conference, 1 Nov, Glenrothes: Cathy MacIver will be speaking about excavations at Loak Farm, Bankfoot. Some great late medieval corn-drying kilns!

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