Celebrating 14,000 years of Scottish history

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The Biggar Archaeology Group held a celebration party at the Moat Park Heritage Centre on Monday evening, as a thank you to all of...
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Camps Reservoir Excavation and Survey Report 1992-1994

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Download the Camps Reservoir Survey and Excavation Report 1992 & 1994

Six Castles and a Bastle in Upper Clydesdale

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This report features a localised grouping of castle sites and a bastle house that are given as a guide to defensive sites dating from...

Upper Tweed Project Reports for Logan and Woodend

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Biggar Archaeology Group PDF Reports. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk

Howburn Excavation Update Monday 20 July 2009

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What a weekend! (our last, but one)... Tang points, scrapers, cores and lots more coming out the ground so fast we could hardly keep up...

Fruid Reservoir unenclosed platform settlements report

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Biggar Archaeology Group PDF Reports. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
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Millhill of Wandel Excavation Report

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Download the Millhill of Wandel report  and adjunct survey of Hartside and Devonshire
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Early 18th century pottery from pre Lowland Clearance sites in Scotland.

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Download pdf report: Early 18th century pottery from pre Lowland Clearance sites in Scotland. Several excavated sites in southern Scotland have produced assemblages of early...

Howburn Excavation Update 28 June 2009

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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...

The Howburn Farm Lithic Tools

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A new pdf report with a partial photographic presentation of the Howburn Farm Late Upper Palaeolithic and later prehistoric tool and lithic assemblage is...

Lime clamp kiln at Glencotho excavation in 2015

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An Excavation report on the lime clamp kilns at Glencotho, Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders in 2015. Download the full report from here. The excavated kiln is...

Kirkbank Earthworks, Broughton

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Early OS surveys of the Kirkbank Earthworks, Broughton (NT 110370) indicated a fort site and subsequent RCAHMS reports suggested iron age. Recent removal of...
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Chapelgill in Glenholm survey and excavation in 2013

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Download – Chapelgill survey and excavation | 2013 | 5MB | Tam Ward, BAG | Through the survey and partial excavation on an upland settlement...
Cist No 1. Cup marks on the side slab are natural

Excavation report of the three Early Christian graves at Lyne, in 2005

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Download – Excavation of three Early Christian graves at Lyne, near Peebles | 2005 | 1.5MB | Tam Ward, Bag | The discovery of a...
A ruinous 19th century shepherds cottage (Pl 3) lies beside the bastle remains and it is clear that the later house relied on the bastle for much if not all of its stonework, as may be seen especially by the dressed sand stone in the ruin, most especially window and door jamb stones, roof ridge stones, gun loops and even a fine mantelpiece

Glendorch Bastle House partial excavation in 1985-86

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Download – The partial excavation of Glendoroch Bastle House, near Crawfordjohn, South Lanarkshire | 1.5MB | 2015 | Tam Ward, BAG | Partial excavation...

An Upper Palaolithc assemblage – Howburn Farm

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Biggar Archaeology Group Clydesdale Project, Daer Valley project 2010 latest update. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk

Howburn Excavation Update 7 June 2009

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  First 100 metres completed We have now completed 125 square metres beside the road, and have completed the first full 100metre block. The general picture...
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Mesolithic Biggar

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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...
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Survey of Kirkurd Old Burial Ground

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

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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...