Latest News
Our current excavation in the Daer Valley is moving along very nicely and we have some more exciting things to report. We now have four sites where Early Neolithic material has been found in apparent association with the Mesolithic artefacts. More information coming soon to our latest news page.
Our current news item is about a cup and ring marked stone find by a dyker in Peebles back in June.
Daer Valley excavation update for August
19 August 2010
Read the latest update on our current excavation. We've achieved a lot over the past few weeks, but there is still loads to do.
Get in touch if you would like to volunteer.
Cup and ring marked stone discovered
17 August 2010
While Austin John Reid, a dyker from Peebles was rebuilding drystane dykes on Easton Farm, near Dunsyre in South Lanarkshire in June 2010, he recognised a stone slab decorated with cup and ring marks.
Sediment Coring – further analysis
08 August 2010
Read more about the developments in understanding the ice age lake sediments from Loch Howburn in the special report by Richard Tippling, Stirling University.
Daer – a progress report
22 July 2010
Extensive fieldwalking of an area of new forest that had been ploughed in readiness for replanting revealed a number of concentrations of lithic and other finds.
Previous News Items
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| 25-06-2010 | |
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| 16-04-2010 | |
| 20-03-2010 | |
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| 07-02-2010 | |
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