Glenshee Archaeology News

Blairgowrie History Fair sucess

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:23:38 +0100

Our fair in the Wellmeadow, Blairgowrie, was a huge success - attended by an estimated 600 people over the three hour event. The fair brought together archaeologists, living history re-enactors, and crafts-folk to help tell the story of the archaeological digs to the broader public. So having talked to some Picts, and heard some story-telling, you could do some woodcraft or make a pot, or talk to experts on subjects as diverse as place-names to the study of pollen in the peats at Glenshee. We even had the original finds from the dig on site, with our Black Smith making replicas of the buckles and blades...how cool is that?

With thanks to the 'Glasgow Vikings' re-enactment group; pot-maker Nicola Hope; Blacksmith Simon Lidwell; place-name expert Peter McNiven; Richard Tipping and Danny Paterson (pollen and peat); Clive and Dick from Community treeCycle; Blairgowrie, Rattray and District Local History Trust; and the Glenshee Archaeology Project - Dave Sneddon and Steve Black (Northlight Heritage) and David Strachan and Sarah Malone (PKHT).

To see more photos of the fair and the dig... click here.

GAP history fair at Blairgowrie on 23rd Aug 2014

Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:02:58 +0100

Get yourself along to the GAP history fair at Blairgowrie on the 23rd of Aug...

Dig It?

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:35:53 +0100

2014 June excavations were a great success - thanks to the efforts of all of our volunteers... and look out for our Living History Event in the Wellmeadow, Blairgowrie on the 23rd August 2014.

More info to follow over the next few weeks...so watch this space!

DIG 14!

Thu, 12 Jun 2014 16:48:23 +0100

Some great results already from this year: including some substantial stone wall bases to the turf longhouses...

Come visit us at the end of June and find out more...

Glenshee Dig 2014

Mon, 19 May 2014 11:03:07 +0100

We will be excavating from 6-9 June and from 23-28 June this year.

Visits to the site are welcome from between 10 am and 4pm - and a short tour will be provided.