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Communion Tokens
01 May 2019
On display in Dunrobin Castle Museum After the Reformation, members of a congregation had to have a token in order to receive communion. These were issued to members of the church by church eld...Full Story
Germanic Coin found at Kilbeg, Skye
03 April 2019
This silver coin was found recently at Kilbeg on the Sleat peninsula of Skye. It is a silver denier of Heinrich II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, minted between 1002 and 1024, probably in Cologne....Full Story
Barley from Cyderhall Iron Age settlement
04 March 2019
This charred barley is from an excavation of a round house and souterrain at Cyderhall in Sutherland, and currently is on display at Historylinks Museum in Dornoch. After an initial phase of occupatio...Full Story
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16/01/2019 - The Return of Find & Site of the Month
After a long gap, the Find and Site of the Month returns to the website. Over the next mon... More >>
03/01/2019 - Dates for the Diary!
The latest ARCH newsletter is now available in the ARCH Newsletters folder of the Library ... More >>
27/11/2018 - Experimental Archaeology - check out the videos
The videos of the experimental archaeology workshops, filmed by Alasdair Cameron and edite... More >>
Site of the Month
01/08/2019 - Brotchie's Steading, Dunnet
© Tim Holden, via HER Brotchie’s Steading is a ruined croft house situat... More >>
Find of the Month
01/08/2019 - Cruck Blades, Brotchies Steading, Dunnet
Recontruction drawing of crucks © Headland Archaeology A pair of cruck blades... More >>