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...
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...
Biggar Archaeology – member presentation
By Ian Paterson
I joined the Biggar Archaeological Group (BAG) only in 2003 when the Group was already long-established and, judging from the awards it...
Lamington Stone Report
Biggar Archaeology Group PDF Reports. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
Daer Excavation Update
Biggar Archaeology Group Clydesdale Project, Daer Valley project 2010 latest update. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
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...
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...
The two war memorials at Elsrickle, South Lanarkshire
The wee village of Elsrickle, in South Lanarkshire was recently made famous as being the village near the oldest known place of human activity...
Post medieval site of Logan
We are now able to show that settlements from c1600 to c1750 were becoming more materialistic than previously. Consumption of tobacco and wine is...
Bronze Age Axe found in reservoir
A spectacular find has been made by the Biggar Archaeology Group at their excavation of two Bronze Age houses within Fruid reservoir near Tweedsmuir.
We...
Melbourne Farm excavations , 1996
Download – Excavations at Melbourne Farm 1996 | 2013 | 2.9MB | Tam Ward, BAG
Following on from successful fieldwalking at Melbourne Farm, four miles...
Wildshaw Burn Stone Circle
Biggar Archaeology Group Clydesdale Project, Daer Valley project 2010 latest update. info@biggararchaeology.org.uk
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...
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...
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...
A monumental stone commemorating the life of George Ramsay of Foulden Bastle
Here is a short pdf on the monumental stone commemorating the life of George Ramsay of Foulden Bastle.
The existence of bastle houses on the...
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...
The Swimming Reindeer
Biggar Archaeology Group Clydesdale Project, Daer Valley project 2010 latest update. 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
Biggar Town – Urban Archaeological Project and brief history
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...
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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...
