A new leaflet, Discover Dark Age Galloway, has been launched by the Galloway Picts Project, promoting many of the Dark Age sites that survive in Dumfries and Galloway. Last year’s excavation revealed that Trusty Hill once very likely lay at the … Continue reading
Just received the bayesian analysis of the radiocarbon dates from Derek Hamilton of SUERC, which suggests that the early medieval occupation of the summit began in cal AD 475-560 and ended in cal AD 560-630. The occupation of the summit … Continue reading
The final lecture of the DGNHAS 2012-13 lecture programme took place at the Gatehouse of Fleet community centre, where 135 people came along to hear Chris and myself outline the results so far from the ongoing post-excavation analyses. It was … Continue reading
The Post-Excavation Research Design has now been been added to the results section of the Galloway Picts website. The Post-Excavation Research Design outlines our programme of post-excavation analyses and provides our specialists with the specific research questions we want their … Continue reading
The Data Structure Report has now been been added to the results section of the Galloway Picts website. This provides a more detailed account of the interim results, which will help our specialists understand the archaeological contexts of the finds … Continue reading
Received some interesting feedback on the summary report, concerning vitrified forts. So I thought I would outline why we think that vitrification took place at the end of the fort’s occupation and not at the time of its construction. Vitrified forts … Continue reading
The summary report has now been been added to the results section of the Galloway Picts website. This summarises the main interim findings from the excavation earlier this year. A fuller interim report will be available soon.
The results of the laser scan survey have now been added to the results section of the Galloway Picts website. Unfortunately no ogham was apparent, and a few other discrepancies in previous depictions of the carvings here have been noted. … Continue reading
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
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