Archaeology Projects

Biggar Gap

The Biggar Gap project explores the long-held assumption that the Biggar Gap would have been a route utilised by hunter gatherers in the Mesolithic...

Biggar Urban Archaeology

Biggar Urban Archaeology The town of Biggar can trace its history back to the 12th century when, under the patronage of King David I and...

Clydesdale Project

Clydesdale Project This major project evolved from a study of bastle houses into a wide-ranging investigation of the archaeology of Upper Clydesdale. It is subdivided...

Pre-history North of Biggar

Pre-history North of Biggar This Project was initiated to examine the perception that, on the limited available evidence, the Neolithic inhabitants tended to favour the...

Upper Tweed project

Upper Tweed Survey This Project is primarily one of upland survey and covers all of the land to the west that includes the valley, to...

Research projects

Bastle Houses and Sheep Buchts

Bastle Houses and Sheep Buchts Coming from zero in terms of knowledge of these sites, we have now recorded bastles or possible bastles, countless sheep...

Reservoir Archaeology

Reservoir Archaeology

In the area of the upper reaches of the Rivers Tweed and Clyde, there are five major reservoirs which have been inspected by BAG...

Mesolithic

Mesolithic Biggar

Mesolithic Biggar A range for microliths from excavations at Weston, Pre-history North of Biggar project Mesolithic sites are being discovered almost on an annual basis by...

Reports

Millhill of Wandel Excavation Report

Download the Millhill of Wandel report  and adjunct survey of Hartside and Devonshire

Camps Reservoir Excavation and Survey Report 1992-1994

Download the Camps Reservoir Survey and Excavation Report 1992 & 1994

A monumental stone commemorating the life of George Ramsay of Foulden Bastle.

Download the A monumental stone commemorating the life of George Ramsay of Foulden Bastle pdf

How did Late Upper Palaeolithic reindeer hunters live?

Download the full report How did Late Upper Palaeolithic reindeer hunters live?. This essay attempts to understand aspects of the lifestyles of the Late Upper...

Lime clamp kiln at Glencotho excavation 2015

Excavation of a lime clamp kiln at Glencotho, Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders. BAG Lime kiln Report

Treasures of South Lanarkshire – 4 reports in one

The Treasures of South Lanarkshire is an attempt by the author to highlight the almost unbelievable wealth of curated and built heritage of the area. The...

David Fisher, Artist 1946-2013 – his Clydesdale legacy

This report David Fisher, artist – report on his Clydesdale legacy is produced in memory of David Fisher and hopefully as a more lasting...

Biggar Kirk report

Download the report with this link Biggar Kirk Report A brief history of Biggar Kirk and a tour of its principal features including its oak roof. Biggar...

Survey of St Mary’s Churchyard

Download Survey of St Mary's Churchyard pdf Previous inventories of the pre-1855 gravestone inscriptions in St Mary's Churchyard, Biggar, produced by John Smith in 1916...

Specialist reports