Howburn Excavation Update 17 May 2009
Weekend number three – several Paleo tools found
The Houston family, struck flint on their first ever dig. But of course this is not just any old flint, it is the oldest in Scotland.
A very nice end scraper and several...
Howburn Excavation Update Monday 13 July 2009
We are down to our final few weeks and…
The progress being made is fantastic, work at the original Trench is now complete with the final tally of probably five tanged points being found there, along with a large number...
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 work comprises of four parts:
The Treasures of South Lanarkshire Part 1
The Treasures of South Lanarkshire...
Kirkbank Earthworks, Broughton
Early OS surveys of the Kirkbank Earthworks, Broughton (NT 110370) indicated a fort site and subsequent RCAHMS reports suggested iron age. Recent removal of forest cover has allowed a more detailed survey and partial ongoing excavation. A cob loaf...
Migration routes of animals and people in the Late Upper Paleolithic period in the...
Download - Migration routes of animals and people in the Late Upper Paleolithic | 2013 | 508KB | Tam Ward, BAG
Further thoughts on the migration routes of animals and people in the Late Upper Paleolithic period in the central...
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 been occupied by successive churches from as early as the 12th century, when the church...
Earliest site in Scotland discovered
Unexpected and unique Upper Paleolithic finds recently discovered at Howburn Farm identifies this site as being the earliest in Scotland.
These finds have now been notified in The Journal of the Lithic Studies Society 28: 41 – 49.
The find is...
17th Century Settlement of Coom partial excavation in
Download – Partial Excavation of the 17th Century Settlement of Coom in the Daer Valley | 1.5MB | Tam Ward, BAG |
Survey and excavation trenches produced evidence of a series of buildings, their floors and finds dating to the...
An Upper Palaolithc assemblage – Howburn Farm
Biggar Archaeology Group Clydesdale Project, Daer Valley project 2010 latest update. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
Early 18th century pottery from pre Lowland Clearance sites in Scotland
Several excavated sites in southern Scotland have produced assemblages of early 18th century red earthenware and other types of Staffordshire type slip ware pottery. The sites are known to have been abandoned before 1760 and furthermore much of the pottery is...
Howburn Excavation Update 2 May 2009
A great turnout for the Howburn Excavation
Our first day at the Howburn excavation and we had a great response to our plea for volunteers. Both young and not so young turned up to dig.
The finds for the day included:
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The Howburn Book
At last, and it has been worth the wait – we have the Howburn Book, a report principally by Torben Bjarke Ballin, a leading lithics expert and no stranger to Biggar Archaeology Group because he also did a report...
Biggar Kirk a tour of principle features and brief history
Biggar Kirk, formerly known as St Mary’s Church is unique, being the last Pre-Reformation church to be built in Scotland. A fascinating history of the church dating back to the 12th century is available and some aspects of the building...
Howburn Excavation Update 28 June 2009
The dig is proving to be a great success; with a further three tanged points being recovered.
First was by Mike Thornley last weekend, and his wife Sue found a nice end scraper in the same metre grid. Then Laura...
Celebrating 14,000 years of Scottish history
The Biggar Archaeology Group held a celebration party at the Moat Park Heritage Centre on Monday evening, as a thank you to all of the people who helped on their recent excavation at Howburn Farm.
The party was hosted by...
Daer Valley and Clydesdale Mesolithic Report
Biggar Archaeology Group PDF Reports. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
Talla Reservoir
Talla Reservoir
A part of the Tweed project is to deal with the tangible remains of works associated with the construction of Talla Reservoir. The construction of the dam and the pipeline to Edinburgh was a major engineering feat in...
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 was carried out in 1992 and 1994. In the first campaign of work an enclosed cremation...
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 BAG, principally through arable fieldwalking, but reservoir and forestry work has also produced several sites.
Large...
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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...
