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Title: NOSAS Archaeology Blog | Digs, Surveys, Research and Field Trips from the North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NOSAS)

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A NOSAS account of the week’s excavation by Iris Longworth and Cathy Dagg.

Cathy:

Every archaeological event only takes place after meticulous planning (in theory) but the Achilty crannog dig had many more logistial hurdles than the average dig, involving boats, lifejackets, radios, risk assessments, contingency plans for bad weather. As it was, w...

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by Steve Worth

Figure 1. Location map.

The Cistercian abbey of Kinloss was established in 1150 by David I of Scotland. Kinloss Abbey remained a central focus of monastic life in the northeast of Scotland until the reformation of 1...

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by David Jarman

The romantic era brought with it a passion for creating paths and indeed networks of ‘walks’ leading to scenic features, notably riverbanks, waterfalls and belvederes. These showed off the extent and natural beauties of landowners’ properties, and can be seen as status symbols confirming that the owners were au fait with the spirit of the t...

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by Gordon Sleight

The large-scale excavation of Clachtoll broch in north west Sutherland took place in 2017 and 2018 with intensive post-excavation analysis continuing for several years and culminating in the production of the full report in 2022 – Clachtoll: An Iron Age Broch Settlement in Assynt, North-West Scotland, edited by Graeme Cavers and published ...

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