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

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

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

12 June 2012

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

9 June 2012

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