Wet sieving of the soil samples collected during the excavation at Trusty’s Hill is now underway at GUARD Archaeology’s base in Glasgow. This is being done to extract every minute fragment of charcoal, charred seeds and other ecofacts from selected … Continue reading
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Summer Excursion 2012 today included a visit to GUARD Archaeology’s Office and Finds Laboratory in Glasgow. Hot from the dig, the finds from Trusty’s Hill, excavated through the Galloway Picts Project (which was partly … Continue reading
The finds from the excavation at Trusty’s Hill have now been safely delivered to GUARD Archaeology’s Storage and Laboratory in Glasgow. Staff were invited to a show-and-tell and they all seemed to appreciate what an interesting assemblage has been recovered through the … Continue reading
Day 14 of the Galloway Picts Project. The last day of the excavation. Iraia’s trench (the Well opposite the Pictish carvings) was the first to be backfilled by the Trusty’s Hill squad, as her team had completed recording all the … Continue reading
Day 13 of the Galloway Picts Project. Another day of glorious weather on top of the hill but the last day of excavating, and everyone is feeling a little sad that the excavation has drawn to an end. We are … Continue reading
Day 12 of the Galloway Picts Project. The day was started off by a tour of the site and we discovered the mystery of the Pictish Symbols here in Galloway, then we went straight into drawing a rock. However the … Continue reading
Day 11 of the Galloway Picts Project. This is my third day at the dig as a volunteer. Today I was on punishment duty in the ditch – my fault for coming late! I’ve not been on a dig before, … Continue reading
Day 10 of the Galloway Picts Project. A new and fresh day started at the top of the hill. The day started well by opening up Trench 6 with the use of mattocks, spades and lots of volunteer workers. This … Continue reading
Day 9 of the Galloway Picts Project. Today was spent digging the well at the entrance to the fort. I was digging out what appeared to be two walls and a passage leading to the well. We found a fossil … Continue reading
Day 8 of the Galloway Picts Project. Another sunny day at Trusty’s Hill and more visitors seeing the working progress, rolling their sleeves and getting into the groove of archaeology! We had a couple of new volunteers from the Czech … Continue reading