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...
Daer Valley
The Daer Valley was initially visited in the search for bastle house sites, three were discovered; Wintercleuch, Smithwood and Kirkhope.
The valley was re-visited for...
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...
Daer our next dig
And we're looking for help!
We've quickly leapt forward 20 miles and 5,000 years or so from Paleolithic Howburn to Mesolithic Daer. Our next Biggar!...
Digitised M74 Report from 1992
The out of print report by Tam Ward on the survey work by the Biggar Archaeology Group as part of the M74 upgrade in...
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...
Latest Reports – Crossing the Clyde, On Tintock Tap, two reports on mesolithic Daer...
Biggar Archaeology Group PDF Reports. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
Daer Valley Excavation – Two new reports about Daer
Biggar Archaeology Group Clydesdale Project, Daer Valley project 2010 latest update. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
A progress report on latest dig at Daer Reservoir
An update on the completion of the first of our sites at Daer.
Extensive fieldwalking of an area of new forest that had been ploughed...
Some more legacy Daer Reports – pre 2010
Biggar Archaeology Group PDF Reports. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
Wildshaw Burn Stone Circle
Biggar Archaeology Group Clydesdale Project, Daer Valley project 2010 latest update. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
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...
Winter Solstice from Daer sites
Biggar Archaeology Group PDF Reports. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
Two new Daer Valley reports on First Results and Lithics
Biggar Archaeology Group Clydesdale Project, Daer Valley project 2010 latest update. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
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...
David Fisher – Artist (1946-2013), his Clydesdale legacy
By Tam Ward
David Fisher was born in Midsomer Norton in Somerset, he originally trained as a signwriter and decorator and gradually became a self...
Daer Excavation Update
Biggar Archaeology Group Clydesdale Project, Daer Valley project 2010 latest update. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
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...
Wildshaw Burn
Wildshaw Burn Stone Circle
The monument consists of 23 stones arranged in an almost perfect ellipse. Its long axis, 52m in length, is aligned NNE-SSW;...