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In AD 871, two Viking kings successfully laid siege to a fortress on Dumbarton Rock near Glasgow ⚔️
1,100 years later, archaeologists unearthed artefacts at the site which could be connected to the siege, including an iron pommel-bar for a Viking sword: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
1,100 years later, archaeologists unearthed artefacts at the site which could be connected to the siege, including an iron pommel-bar for a Viking sword: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In AD 871, two Viking kings successfully laid siege to a fortress on Dumbarton Rock near Glasgow ⚔️
1,100 years later, archaeologists unearthed artefacts at the site which could be connected to the siege, including an iron pommel-bar for a Viking sword: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
1,100 years later, archaeologists unearthed artefacts at the site which could be connected to the siege, including an iron pommel-bar for a Viking sword: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
On the summit of a steep-sided plateau in Renfrewshire lie the remains of one of Scotland's largest hillforts 🌄
If you visit Walls Hill, you can still spot the turf and earth bank and try to imagine what life was like at this fortress over 1,600 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-renf...
If you visit Walls Hill, you can still spot the turf and earth bank and try to imagine what life was like at this fortress over 1,600 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-renf...
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
On the summit of a steep-sided plateau in Renfrewshire lie the remains of one of Scotland's largest hillforts 🌄
If you visit Walls Hill, you can still spot the turf and earth bank and try to imagine what life was like at this fortress over 1,600 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-renf...
If you visit Walls Hill, you can still spot the turf and earth bank and try to imagine what life was like at this fortress over 1,600 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-renf...
Founded in the 15th century, Perth’s Carthusian priory is one of Scotland’s least understood but most historically significant medieval monastic sites ⛪
On Thursday, uncover new insights arising from documentary evidence and Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning: www.digitscotland.com/events/illum...
On Thursday, uncover new insights arising from documentary evidence and Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning: www.digitscotland.com/events/illum...
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Founded in the 15th century, Perth’s Carthusian priory is one of Scotland’s least understood but most historically significant medieval monastic sites ⛪
On Thursday, uncover new insights arising from documentary evidence and Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning: www.digitscotland.com/events/illum...
On Thursday, uncover new insights arising from documentary evidence and Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning: www.digitscotland.com/events/illum...
"The Picts emerge from the shadows and step forward in technicolour" 🤩
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"The Picts emerge from the shadows and step forward in technicolour" 🤩
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
Inscribed slates uncovered at Kilwinning Abbey in Ayrshire may offer clues about those who lived and worked there over 500 years ago ✍️
It's thought that slates carved with gaming boards may have been made by medieval monks or possibly masons and other workers: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
It's thought that slates carved with gaming boards may have been made by medieval monks or possibly masons and other workers: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Inscribed slates uncovered at Kilwinning Abbey in Ayrshire may offer clues about those who lived and worked there over 500 years ago ✍️
It's thought that slates carved with gaming boards may have been made by medieval monks or possibly masons and other workers: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
It's thought that slates carved with gaming boards may have been made by medieval monks or possibly masons and other workers: www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
How is this tower in Dumfries & Galloway still standing after more than 650 years? 🌊
Reportedly haunted by its founder 'Archibald the Grim', Threave Castle is resistant to flood damage despite the effects of climate change due to its carefully chosen location: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-les...
Reportedly haunted by its founder 'Archibald the Grim', Threave Castle is resistant to flood damage despite the effects of climate change due to its carefully chosen location: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-les...
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
How is this tower in Dumfries & Galloway still standing after more than 650 years? 🌊
Reportedly haunted by its founder 'Archibald the Grim', Threave Castle is resistant to flood damage despite the effects of climate change due to its carefully chosen location: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-les...
Reportedly haunted by its founder 'Archibald the Grim', Threave Castle is resistant to flood damage despite the effects of climate change due to its carefully chosen location: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-les...
Carved over 2,800 years ago, Ballochmyle in East Ayrshire is home to one of Britain's most extensive areas of rock art 🧑🎨
It's even been suggested that sites like this may have been a focus for "communal performance involving sound, light, and activity": www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
It's even been suggested that sites like this may have been a focus for "communal performance involving sound, light, and activity": www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Carved over 2,800 years ago, Ballochmyle in East Ayrshire is home to one of Britain's most extensive areas of rock art 🧑🎨
It's even been suggested that sites like this may have been a focus for "communal performance involving sound, light, and activity": www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
It's even been suggested that sites like this may have been a focus for "communal performance involving sound, light, and activity": www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
In 1882, Andrew Watson captained the Scottish team to victory over England at a stadium in Glasgow which was thought to be lost ⚽
But with the help of volunteers, @archscot.bsky.social unearthed evidence of the pavilion and playing surface in 2021: www.digitscotland.com/uncovering-b...
#BHM25
But with the help of volunteers, @archscot.bsky.social unearthed evidence of the pavilion and playing surface in 2021: www.digitscotland.com/uncovering-b...
#BHM25
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In 1882, Andrew Watson captained the Scottish team to victory over England at a stadium in Glasgow which was thought to be lost ⚽
But with the help of volunteers, @archscot.bsky.social unearthed evidence of the pavilion and playing surface in 2021: www.digitscotland.com/uncovering-b...
#BHM25
But with the help of volunteers, @archscot.bsky.social unearthed evidence of the pavilion and playing surface in 2021: www.digitscotland.com/uncovering-b...
#BHM25
Dating back almost 6,000 years, Neolithic chambered tombs were built to hold the remains of the dead at a time of huge change for people in Scotland ⚰️
On 23 October, hear about @archscot.bsky.social's investigations into these sites at this free online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/prehi...
On 23 October, hear about @archscot.bsky.social's investigations into these sites at this free online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/prehi...
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Dating back almost 6,000 years, Neolithic chambered tombs were built to hold the remains of the dead at a time of huge change for people in Scotland ⚰️
On 23 October, hear about @archscot.bsky.social's investigations into these sites at this free online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/prehi...
On 23 October, hear about @archscot.bsky.social's investigations into these sites at this free online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/prehi...
Digs in the Highlands have found material remains connected to the 1692 Mort Ghlinne Comhann (Glencoe Massacre) ⚔️
On 20 October, join @archscot.bsky.social to discover the artefacts revealing how people lived in the glen before, during and after the tragedy: www.digitscotland.com/.../an-archa...
On 20 October, join @archscot.bsky.social to discover the artefacts revealing how people lived in the glen before, during and after the tragedy: www.digitscotland.com/.../an-archa...
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Digs in the Highlands have found material remains connected to the 1692 Mort Ghlinne Comhann (Glencoe Massacre) ⚔️
On 20 October, join @archscot.bsky.social to discover the artefacts revealing how people lived in the glen before, during and after the tragedy: www.digitscotland.com/.../an-archa...
On 20 October, join @archscot.bsky.social to discover the artefacts revealing how people lived in the glen before, during and after the tragedy: www.digitscotland.com/.../an-archa...
Why did people build Skara Brae directly on a cliff edge 5,000 years ago? 🌊
They didn't! This Neolithic village in Orkney was originally built about a mile inland and is now being hit by brutal storms and increased erosion: bit.ly/ArchaeoClima...
They didn't! This Neolithic village in Orkney was originally built about a mile inland and is now being hit by brutal storms and increased erosion: bit.ly/ArchaeoClima...
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Why did people build Skara Brae directly on a cliff edge 5,000 years ago? 🌊
They didn't! This Neolithic village in Orkney was originally built about a mile inland and is now being hit by brutal storms and increased erosion: bit.ly/ArchaeoClima...
They didn't! This Neolithic village in Orkney was originally built about a mile inland and is now being hit by brutal storms and increased erosion: bit.ly/ArchaeoClima...
Described as an "ancient and atmospheric site", Inveravon Church in Moray is home to Pictish symbol stones which were carved over 1,200 years ago ⛪
Come along to this event to take a closer look and find out how these symbols fit into a wider cultural story: www.digitscotland.com/events/ancie...
Come along to this event to take a closer look and find out how these symbols fit into a wider cultural story: www.digitscotland.com/events/ancie...
October 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Described as an "ancient and atmospheric site", Inveravon Church in Moray is home to Pictish symbol stones which were carved over 1,200 years ago ⛪
Come along to this event to take a closer look and find out how these symbols fit into a wider cultural story: www.digitscotland.com/events/ancie...
Come along to this event to take a closer look and find out how these symbols fit into a wider cultural story: www.digitscotland.com/events/ancie...
It's thought that a great auk head was added to the foundation of an Iron Age wheelhouse on Eilean Leòdhais (the Isle of Lewis) during its construction over 2,000 years ago 🐧
Now extinct, it's possible that these flightless birds held some ritual significance: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Now extinct, it's possible that these flightless birds held some ritual significance: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
October 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's thought that a great auk head was added to the foundation of an Iron Age wheelhouse on Eilean Leòdhais (the Isle of Lewis) during its construction over 2,000 years ago 🐧
Now extinct, it's possible that these flightless birds held some ritual significance: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Now extinct, it's possible that these flightless birds held some ritual significance: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
"It’s basically the best book on the Picts ever written" 😍
Dig into 7th-century Scotland with "Carved in Stone", a comprehensive guide to the Picts with 350+ historically informed illustrations covering everything from language to fashion. Pre-order to save 20%: www.stoutstoat.co.uk/carvedinstone
Dig into 7th-century Scotland with "Carved in Stone", a comprehensive guide to the Picts with 350+ historically informed illustrations covering everything from language to fashion. Pre-order to save 20%: www.stoutstoat.co.uk/carvedinstone
October 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"It’s basically the best book on the Picts ever written" 😍
Dig into 7th-century Scotland with "Carved in Stone", a comprehensive guide to the Picts with 350+ historically informed illustrations covering everything from language to fashion. Pre-order to save 20%: www.stoutstoat.co.uk/carvedinstone
Dig into 7th-century Scotland with "Carved in Stone", a comprehensive guide to the Picts with 350+ historically informed illustrations covering everything from language to fashion. Pre-order to save 20%: www.stoutstoat.co.uk/carvedinstone
"Whoever carved the Ardross wolf has seen the real thing" 🐺
Now on display in Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, the famous Ardross Wolf Stone was probably created over 1,000 years before these animals were persecuted to extinction in Britain around 1760: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Now on display in Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, the famous Ardross Wolf Stone was probably created over 1,000 years before these animals were persecuted to extinction in Britain around 1760: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
September 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"Whoever carved the Ardross wolf has seen the real thing" 🐺
Now on display in Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, the famous Ardross Wolf Stone was probably created over 1,000 years before these animals were persecuted to extinction in Britain around 1760: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Now on display in Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, the famous Ardross Wolf Stone was probably created over 1,000 years before these animals were persecuted to extinction in Britain around 1760: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Musket balls—including one showing signs of impact—have previously been unearthed at the site of the 1746 Blàr Chùil Lodair (Battle of Culloden) in the Highlands ⚔️
On 18 October, take a guided walk through this year's dig site and discover what's been found: www.digitscotland.com/events/walk-...
On 18 October, take a guided walk through this year's dig site and discover what's been found: www.digitscotland.com/events/walk-...
September 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Musket balls—including one showing signs of impact—have previously been unearthed at the site of the 1746 Blàr Chùil Lodair (Battle of Culloden) in the Highlands ⚔️
On 18 October, take a guided walk through this year's dig site and discover what's been found: www.digitscotland.com/events/walk-...
On 18 October, take a guided walk through this year's dig site and discover what's been found: www.digitscotland.com/events/walk-...
A major archaeological project on Ìle (Islay) has revealed the existence of a lost royal castle that was dismantled over 700 years ago 🏰
Dig into the discovery in @socantscot.bsky.social's latest publication, which is also available as a free e-book: books.socantscot.org/digital-book...
Dig into the discovery in @socantscot.bsky.social's latest publication, which is also available as a free e-book: books.socantscot.org/digital-book...
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A major archaeological project on Ìle (Islay) has revealed the existence of a lost royal castle that was dismantled over 700 years ago 🏰
Dig into the discovery in @socantscot.bsky.social's latest publication, which is also available as a free e-book: books.socantscot.org/digital-book...
Dig into the discovery in @socantscot.bsky.social's latest publication, which is also available as a free e-book: books.socantscot.org/digital-book...
Heading to a market this weekend? You may be living like a 10th-century Viking 🧺
Established beach markets, like at Culbin Sands in Moray, were important seasonal events where locals gathered on beaches to meet ships carrying exotic goods, trade and socialise: www.digitscotland.com/who-were-the...
Established beach markets, like at Culbin Sands in Moray, were important seasonal events where locals gathered on beaches to meet ships carrying exotic goods, trade and socialise: www.digitscotland.com/who-were-the...
September 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Heading to a market this weekend? You may be living like a 10th-century Viking 🧺
Established beach markets, like at Culbin Sands in Moray, were important seasonal events where locals gathered on beaches to meet ships carrying exotic goods, trade and socialise: www.digitscotland.com/who-were-the...
Established beach markets, like at Culbin Sands in Moray, were important seasonal events where locals gathered on beaches to meet ships carrying exotic goods, trade and socialise: www.digitscotland.com/who-were-the...
Dunkeld and Birnam is one of Scotland's best preserved historic towns, but could even more history be waiting just beneath the surface? 🗺️
Learn skills in excavation, fieldwalking, metal detecting and try out topographical survey at Historic Dunkeld's open day: www.digitscotland.com/events/dunke...
Learn skills in excavation, fieldwalking, metal detecting and try out topographical survey at Historic Dunkeld's open day: www.digitscotland.com/events/dunke...
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Dunkeld and Birnam is one of Scotland's best preserved historic towns, but could even more history be waiting just beneath the surface? 🗺️
Learn skills in excavation, fieldwalking, metal detecting and try out topographical survey at Historic Dunkeld's open day: www.digitscotland.com/events/dunke...
Learn skills in excavation, fieldwalking, metal detecting and try out topographical survey at Historic Dunkeld's open day: www.digitscotland.com/events/dunke...
Sacrificed over 1,770 years ago, this Iron Age trumpet shaped like a wild boar was found in a peat bog in Moray around 1816 🐗
In addition to preserving artefacts, peat acts as a carbon store, is a great habitat for wildlife and has a role in water management: www.digitscotland.com/top-10-archa...
In addition to preserving artefacts, peat acts as a carbon store, is a great habitat for wildlife and has a role in water management: www.digitscotland.com/top-10-archa...
September 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Sacrificed over 1,770 years ago, this Iron Age trumpet shaped like a wild boar was found in a peat bog in Moray around 1816 🐗
In addition to preserving artefacts, peat acts as a carbon store, is a great habitat for wildlife and has a role in water management: www.digitscotland.com/top-10-archa...
In addition to preserving artefacts, peat acts as a carbon store, is a great habitat for wildlife and has a role in water management: www.digitscotland.com/top-10-archa...
In 2005, a rare Viking grave containing a belt set, spurs and spear head was uncovered near North Berwick in East Lothian ⚔️
At the time it was the most southerly Viking burial ever found in Scotland, at the site of a monastery founded over 1,300 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
At the time it was the most southerly Viking burial ever found in Scotland, at the site of a monastery founded over 1,300 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
September 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
In 2005, a rare Viking grave containing a belt set, spurs and spear head was uncovered near North Berwick in East Lothian ⚔️
At the time it was the most southerly Viking burial ever found in Scotland, at the site of a monastery founded over 1,300 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
At the time it was the most southerly Viking burial ever found in Scotland, at the site of a monastery founded over 1,300 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/top-five-arc...
The South West is home to some of Scotland's earliest evidence of human occupation, a Neolithic village and a famous medieval abbey ⛪
What else do we know about the region? Which questions are still to be answered? Don't miss this @scarf-scot.bsky.social event: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swsarf-wor...
What else do we know about the region? Which questions are still to be answered? Don't miss this @scarf-scot.bsky.social event: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swsarf-wor...
September 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The South West is home to some of Scotland's earliest evidence of human occupation, a Neolithic village and a famous medieval abbey ⛪
What else do we know about the region? Which questions are still to be answered? Don't miss this @scarf-scot.bsky.social event: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swsarf-wor...
What else do we know about the region? Which questions are still to be answered? Don't miss this @scarf-scot.bsky.social event: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swsarf-wor...
After years of archaeological investigation, the @n-t-s.bsky.social recreated a 17th-century turf and creel house in Glencoe 🏠
Made using only what could be found in the surrounding landscape, these houses could be described as the original eco-homes: www.digitscotland.com/five-histori...
Made using only what could be found in the surrounding landscape, these houses could be described as the original eco-homes: www.digitscotland.com/five-histori...
August 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
After years of archaeological investigation, the @n-t-s.bsky.social recreated a 17th-century turf and creel house in Glencoe 🏠
Made using only what could be found in the surrounding landscape, these houses could be described as the original eco-homes: www.digitscotland.com/five-histori...
Made using only what could be found in the surrounding landscape, these houses could be described as the original eco-homes: www.digitscotland.com/five-histori...
In September, @1722waggonway.bsky.social are returning to the site where 300-year-old remains of Scotland’s earliest railway were unearthed in 2021 🛤️
Dig into this excavation and over 60 other events as part of the East Lothian Archaeology & Heritage Fortnight: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...
Dig into this excavation and over 60 other events as part of the East Lothian Archaeology & Heritage Fortnight: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...
August 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In September, @1722waggonway.bsky.social are returning to the site where 300-year-old remains of Scotland’s earliest railway were unearthed in 2021 🛤️
Dig into this excavation and over 60 other events as part of the East Lothian Archaeology & Heritage Fortnight: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...
Dig into this excavation and over 60 other events as part of the East Lothian Archaeology & Heritage Fortnight: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...
Over 1,800 years ago, these oyster shells were discarded at Newstead Roman fort in the Borders 🦪
Likely imported as a luxury food item, they're part of a tradition of shellfish consumption in Scotland which stretches back over 12,000 years: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Likely imported as a luxury food item, they're part of a tradition of shellfish consumption in Scotland which stretches back over 12,000 years: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
August 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Over 1,800 years ago, these oyster shells were discarded at Newstead Roman fort in the Borders 🦪
Likely imported as a luxury food item, they're part of a tradition of shellfish consumption in Scotland which stretches back over 12,000 years: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Likely imported as a luxury food item, they're part of a tradition of shellfish consumption in Scotland which stretches back over 12,000 years: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...