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...
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 a subsequent survey. No records had been published of this site other than some aerial...
Reservoirs 2021 – exceptionally low water levels
Revisiting some of our past excavations sites recently found the reservoirs are particularly low this year.
Some background information
The four reservoirs are Talla, Fruid and Megget, all in Borders Region and Daer in South Lanarkshire. Various campaigns of work have...
Lime clamp kiln at Glencotho excavation in 2015
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 part of a group and was given in The Upper Tweed Archaeological Survey (Ward, 2004)...
Lime clamp kiln at Glencotho excavation 2015
Excavation of a lime clamp kiln at Glencotho, Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders.
BAG Lime kiln Report
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...
Biggar Kirk report
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 Kirk (Pl 3), formerly known as St Mary’s Church is unique, being the last Pre-Reformation...
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...
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...
Early 18th century pottery from pre Lowland Clearance sites in Scotland.
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 18th century red earthenware and other types of Staffordshire type slip ware pottery. The sites are...
Six Castles and a Bastle in Upper Clydesdale
This report features a localised grouping of castle sites and a bastle house that are given as a guide to defensive sites dating from the 12th to the 17th centuries in Upper Clydesdale, South Lanarkshire.
Map showing locations of sites...
Covington Tower and Doocot report
Limited excavation was undertaken at Covington Tower and Doocot in 1982 in advance of proposed consolidation works on the site to make it safe as a visitor attraction. The restoration scheme as envisaged was never completed. A few archaeological details of the site were however revealed.
Glenochar Bastle House and Fermtoun
An account of the discovery, survey, consolidation, excavations and research of a 17th-century defensive farmhouse and buildings in Clydesdale, with supplementary contextual information.
This Glenochar Bastle House and Fermtoun report replaces all previous works on the site, but much is...
A Miscellany of Bastle Houses – updated report
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...
New heritage display panels installed in Daer valley
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...
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...
Glendorch Bastle House partial excavation in 1985-86
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...
Chapelgill in Glenholm survey and excavation in 2013
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...
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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...
