Specialist reports

Biggar Pitchstone Report – Archaeological Pitchstone in Northern Britain

8th April 2008

The pitchstone finds and assemblages from our various projects now constitute the largest collection of pitchstone from a single area in Scotland outwith Arran...

Bottle Report – The collections of excavated glass from Glenochar and Smithwood bastle houses

8th April 2006

We now have the second bottle and glass report by Robin Murdoch of Edinburgh, on the assemblage from our latest bastle house excavation. This is...

Howburn – Sediment Coring and the significance of stratigraphy beneath Strathbogie Plantation

25th August 2011

With the Howburn archaeological site now shown to be the oldest open-air site in Scotland, dating to the last phases of the last glacial...

Tobacco Pipes Specialist Report

8th May 2011

During the course of excavating on post medieval sites, especially bastle houses and 17th and 18th century settlements, a large collection of tobacco pipe...