Latest News
The adverse weather conditions over the winter has impacted on our Logan excavations. We will be resuming them once the snow clears from the Tweed hills. However we will be running a number of simultaneous projects over the next few months. You can read more about this in the latest news below.
Call for fieldworkers for 2010
7 February 2010
The Biggar Archaeology Group is calling for voluntary fieldworkers for 2010. If one of your new year resolutions was to try something different or learn something new, or even to revisit old hobbies or interests then why not come along and give it a try.
The Latest Report on the world of pitchstone…
26 October 2009
… is now available on the web.
> You can download the report on the SAIR website, Report 38.
Celebrating 14,000 years of Scottish history
26 October 2009
The Biggar Archaeology Group held a celebration party at the Moat Park Heritage Centre on Monday evening, as a thank you to all of the people who helped on their recent excavation at Howburn Farm.
The party was hosted by South Lanarkshire Council and Provost Russell McLeary spoke to an audience of about ninety people of the great significance of having the oldest known archaeology site right here in South Lanarkshire.
Pitchstone Report now published
6 October 2009
Torben Bjarke Ballin has now published his work titled Archaeological Pitchstone in Northern Britain. The research has increased the known archaeological pitchstone sites from around 100 to 350 and the numbers of pieces from 1400 to 20,300. The book deals comprehensively with the geological sources and types of Arran pitchstone, its archaeological distribution and use and indeed everything you want to know about pitchstone.
Biggar Archaeology Group's work features prominently in this new work. ISBN 978 1 407303 86 4. Price £35.00
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