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

Fieldwalking and Watching Brief in Upper Clydesdale and Tweeddale (2014–2022)

From 2014 to 2022, the Biggar Archaeology Group carried out a watching brief and fieldwalking program across Upper Clydesdale and Tweeddale. These surveys were...

Braehead Cottage, Biggar (2014–2016) – report

Between 2014 and 2016, an archaeological investigation was carried out at Braehead Cottage on Carwood Hill, Biggar, South Lanarkshire. The site preserves the remains...

Survey of Kirkurd Churchyard

In the spring of 2023 the members of the Biggar Archaeology Group with the support of Peeblesshire Archaeological Society and Scottish Borders Council surveyed...

Survey of Kirkurd Old Burial Ground

Biggar Archaeology completed a survey of gravestone location at Kirkurd Old graveyard in the grounds of Castle Craigs Hospital in Peeblesshire. The site has...

Millhill of Wandel Excavation Report

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

Survey and excavation reports – Millhill of Wandel

From 2019 until 2022 excavations were undertaken at Millhill of Wandel. This came about as a follow-up to observations taken from Wandel Mill and...

Camps Reservoir excavation and survey report from 1992

A survey and partial excavation of a series of Bronze Age and later structures exposed by the lowering of the water level in Camps Reservoir...

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

Specialist reports