Aug 5, 2013
The coastal team has spent the past week investigating the well-built stone wall and series of ash dumps exposed in one of the eroding sections at Cromarty. We have removed each layer in sequence from the most recent deposits at the top going back in time until we...
Jul 31, 2013
In our latest ShoreDIG project, the SCHARP team have joined forces with locally-based archaeologists to investigate archaeological remains revealed by storm damage over the winter of 2012/2013. Stone walls and thick layers of ash, shell and other rubbish deposits have...
Jul 7, 2013
“Chan ann tric a tha e mar seo” thubhairt Anndra fhads a bha e a’ stiùireadh a’ bhàta tro uisgeachan àlainn Caolas Phabaigh, air latha breatha samhraidh. Bha sinn air ar slighe a’ Phabaigh Mhòr air taobh siar Leòdhais, le buidheann de luchd-obrach saor-thoileach...
Jul 6, 2013
“It’s NEVER like this” said Andrew leaning forward from the tiller of his boat in shimmering heat on the flat-calm, turquoise sea of the Caolas Phabaigh (Straits of Pabay). We are on our way to the island of Pabaigh Mor on the west coast of Lewis with new volunteers...
Apr 28, 2013
Our third and final week Throughout week 3, the moon was getting bigger – which meant that as each day passed, the sea started to creep up on our trenches. At the beginning of the week, the high tide reached the lowest of our trenches; but by the end of the...
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