DR RUSSELL Ó RÍAGÁIN, University of St Andrews, takes a settlement-based approach to the social processes at work in mid-west Scotland between the Early Iron Age and later Middle Ages, which saw the rise and dissolution of the Dál Riata overkingdom and the emergence of Innsi Gall and Airer Gáedel. Based on a ten-year research Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"
DR ANNE CRONE, AOC Archaeology, will be talking about how long-running excavations at Black Loch of Myrton in Dumfries and Galloway have transformed our understanding of Iron Age life. Initially thought to be a crannog, the site is actually a settlement built on a natural promontory, without artificial foundations and accessed via a natural causeway. Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"
DR SOPHIA ADAMS, British Museum, tells the story of a remarkable find. In December 2021 a metal detectorist reported a possible in-situ deposit of Iron Age metalwork in a field Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"
