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...
May 14, 2013
This weekend Ellie and Natalia headed down to the Solway Coast to meet some brave volunteers and look at some sites between downpours. On Friday, we met local county archaeologist Andrew Nicholson and coastal ranger Nic Coombey, who took us to a few fantastic sites...
Feb 12, 2013
Last week we had another taste of the beautiful, historically fascinating shores of the Solway Firth. Our first ShoreUPDATE day in the area was in Stranraer Museum where volunteers got to grips with the Sites at Risk Map and used it to explore the local coast, aided...
Jan 25, 2013
Firth foreshores may not be as dramatic or as exposed to the waves as open coasts, but there are treasures to be discovered along their muddy shores. On Tuesday, members of the North of Scotland Archaeology Society got to grips with ShoreUPDATE in what couldn’t be a...
Dec 3, 2012
On Saturday we ran our first training event with young people from St Andrews student archaeology society. This not only provided us with a chance to practice our planned activities on guinea pigs and get some feedback, but gave us all a chance to go and explore the...
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