8 November 2012
Just found out that one of our volunteers recently joined the Scotland’s DNA project and has been told that he has Pictish DNA in his ancestry. So we can now say that we had at least one Pict working at … Continue reading
Ronan Toolis
15 September 2012
GUARD Archaeology hosted an Open Day at their Glasgow office today, providing visitors with a chance to see some of the best of the artefacts – the E-Ware and Samian Ware pottery sherds, the disc brooch, the clay moulds, one … Continue reading
12 September 2012
The best of the artefacts from the Galloway Picts excavation of Trusty’s Hill will be among some of the finds on display at the GUARD Archaeology Open Day this Saturday (15 September, 11am-1pm). All welcome to come along: www.guard-archaeology.co.uk/OpenDayNews
11 September 2012
Uploaded a few photos of the Galloway Picts Dig at Trusty’s Hill to GUARD’s new tumblr website. Check them out: guard-archaeology.tumblr.com
10 September 2012
Chris and I gave our first presentation of the results (so far) of the Galloway Picts Project, at the DGNHAS 150th Anniversary Conference in Dumfries at the weekend. Over a hundred people attended this conference, which covered a wide range … Continue reading
23 August 2012
We now have the results of the preliminary study of the archaeomagnetic dating samples taken from the vitrified rampart during the excavation. The purpose of this was to try to extract a date for the actual burning of the rampart. … Continue reading
6 August 2012
Just received Ewan Campbell’s assessment of pottery, crucible and mould fragments from our excavation of Trusty’s Hill. Two sherds of pottery were recovered in all. Both were imported to Britain. One of the pot sherds was first thought to be African Red … Continue reading
24 July 2012
The post-excavation process continues. Over the last month all of the finds, including the new finds discovered in the sieving and sorting of soil samples, have been assessed by the relevant specialists. This enables us to plan the specialist analyses … Continue reading
22 June 2012
Following the wet sieving of soil samples taken during the excavation at Trusty’s Hill, Beth and Scott have been busy this week sorting through the ‘retent’ material – the various grades of soil and stones left behind – picking out … Continue reading
13 June 2012
The team from the Centre for Digital Documentation and Visualisation LLP have begun the detailed laser scan survey of the Pictish inscribed stone at Trusty’s Hill, after the iron cage was temporarily removed earlier in the week. The Pictish Carvings … Continue reading