Archaeological Age

Old photo of Carnwath Mill showing upper entrance and fore stair

A Miscellany of Bastle Houses – updated report

Webdev - 22nd November 2017 0

Since 1981 after the discovery that Windgate House near Coulter was a bastle house, search, survey and in some instances excavation, has revealed a series of hitherto unknown such houses in Upper Clydesdale. Research continues on the subject of...

Wintercleugh Bastle Trail info panel in the landscape

New heritage display panels installed in Daer valley

Webdev - 22nd November 2017 0

As part of Biggar Archaeology Group’s (BAG) initiatives in local heritage matters, five new display panels have been installed in Daer valley for the benefit of walkers to the area. Two A1, fully illustrated colour panels have been installed on part of...

Kirkbank Earthworks, Broughton

Webdev - 26th October 2017 0

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...

Talla Reservoir

Webdev - 8th September 2017 0

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...

Woodend Bronze Age cemetery

Webdev - 8th September 2017 0

The Woodend Bronze Age cemetery was investigated to include it in an area as a visitor attraction. The site had been explored in the 1930’s (Stevenson, 1939) but with little in the way of a record of what was done...

Logan

Webdev - 8th September 2017 0

Logan The valley sides of the Logan Burn, which occupies a short glen on the west side of the River Tweed, offer a landscape palimpsest which include Bronze Age cairns and burnt mounds, an Iron Age fort and a settlement,...

Mesolithic Biggar

Webdev - 8th September 2017 0

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...

Selection of Microliths from Daer Valley excavation

Daer Valley and Clydesdale Mesolithic Report

Webdev - 6th September 2017 0

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

Lamington Stone Report

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

Lamington Stone

Webdev - 5th September 2017 0

A report on a stone fragment found in Lamington Church cemetery.

Coom settlement position in the landscape

17th Century Settlement of Coom partial excavation in

Webdev - 19th October 2015 0

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...

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

Webdev - 19th October 2015 0

Download – The partial excavation of Glendoroch Bastle House, near Crawfordjohn, South Lanarkshire | 1.5MB | 2015 | Tam Ward, BAG | Partial excavation of a previously unrecorded building showed it to belong to the Bastle House tradition of...

Cist No 1. Cup marks on the side slab are natural

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

Webdev - 19th October 2015 0

Download – Excavation of three Early Christian graves at Lyne, near Peebles | 2005 | 1.5MB | Tam Ward, Bag | The discovery of a single cist found to be eroding from a gravel bank led to the detection of...

Fruid Reservoir unenclosed platform settlements report

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

Chapelgill in Glenholm survey and excavation in 2013

Webdev - 16th October 2013 0

Download – Chapelgill survey and excavation | 2013 | 5MB | Tam Ward, BAG | Through the survey and partial excavation on an upland settlement site, evidence of turf and lime mortared buildings and occupation dating from the 17th to...

Southern Uplands and Tinto Hill to the south of Blackmount, the assumed route from Howburn to the west is left to right on this image, with the village of Elsrickle seen in the centre.

Migration routes of animals and people in the Late Upper Paleolithic period in the...

Webdev - 16th October 2013 0

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...