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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
Bronze Age gold ring from Cromarty
04 February 2019
This fragment of a small gold ring was found near Cromarty. It probably dates to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1000-800 BC). Similar objects are found in gold or, as this case, copper alloy wrapped with gol...Full Story
Jadeitite axehead from the shore of the River Spean
03 January 2019
This Neolithic stone axehead was found on the shore of the River Spean in 1890 and is presently on display at the West Highland Museum in Fort William. It is made from jadeitite (commonly known as jad...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
01/06/2019 - Loch Borralie Iron Age Burial Cairn
© Hugh Powell In 1998, burrowing by rabbits dislodged a human skull from benea... More >>
Find of the Month
01/06/2019 - The Ballachulish Figure
The Ballachulish Figure is an almost life-size humanoid wooden figure, found in 1880 durin... More >>