@AdoptaMonument

We help communities conserve and promote their local heritage. Adopt-a-Monument is a trading name of Archaeology Scotland #AaMon

 Scotland, United Kingdom
archaeologyscotland.org.uk
Joined June 2012
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Want to find out more about @AdoptaMonument ? Watch this! youtube.com/watch?v=JAVOWtqk…
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📢 Hi folks. We'll be heading to Bute next month to help in the clean-up of Balnakailly Rainforest's #WW2 #OperationStarfish bunker. We'd love to see you there! Head to facebook.com/share/p/1HSzRYZ… for further info!
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The first two days of the 2025 Creag Liath excavation have seen a fantastic volunteer effort to support the team from @ArchScot, who are spending the week extending last year's trenches and surveying other historic sites in the community forest.
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This September we headed out once again to the West Coast of Scotland with volunteers from @StronafianF to dig the incredible site at Creag Liath, near Glendaruel. Read more here 👉 facebook.com/archaeology.sco…

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Creag Liath 🪨🗺 This September, Archaeology Scotland’s Adopt-a-Monument team once again headed out to the West Coast of Scotland with volunteers from the Stronafian Community Forest to the incredi...

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📢 We're delighted to be running a workshop on heritage conservation and will introduce best practices in site management & monitoring at Glenan Wood Old Village 📅 Thurs 4 & Fri 5 Sep 📍Portavadie, Cowal Interested? Click on bit.ly/47j7QOA for more info. All welcome!
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^Glenan area map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence.
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👋 Please note a change of venue for Tuesday 17th. The workshop will now take place in the Forest Centre, Kilfinan Community Woodland, Tighnabruaich 👇
Adopt-a-Monument@AdoptaMonument13 Jun 2025
📢 We're delighted to be running workshops on archaeological survey, site recognition and map & desk-based research at Glenan Wood 📅 Mon 16 & Tues 17 June 📍Portavadie, Cowal Interested? Click on bit.ly/43X1Bwv & bit.ly/4e1LKS5 and join us!
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📢 We're delighted to be running workshops on archaeological survey, site recognition and map & desk-based research at Glenan Wood 📅 Mon 16 & Tues 17 June 📍Portavadie, Cowal Interested? Click on bit.ly/43X1Bwv & bit.ly/4e1LKS5 and join us!
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^Glenan area map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence.
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With fieldwork about to start in less than 2 days why not grab one of the last remaining spaces. There is still availability on Thursday and Saturday and new spaces have been released for Friday afternoon! Contact details below 👇 #Mauchline #archaeology #eastayrshire @ArchScot
Adopt-a-Monument@AdoptaMonument23 May 2025
📢 Are you interested in joining a small dig in #Mauchline in 2 weeks? We're looking for volunteers to help us discover what remains of Netherplace House's south avenue! 📅 Thurs 5 & Sat 7 June 📧 Email [email protected] for info. No experience needed! ⛏️
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We're really looking forward to tonight's workshop. If you've not grabbed your place already you can still do so by using the link below. We'll see you online at 7pm! 🙂
Adopt-a-Monument@AdoptaMonument23 May 2025
📢 We're delighted to be hosting an online mapping workshop introducing folk to desk-based & archival research with an emphasis on Glenan Wood in Cowal 📅 Thurs 29 May @ 7pm 📍Zoom If you're interested in what's available for your area, click bit.ly/4dqBa6K and join us!
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📢 Are you interested in joining a small dig in #Mauchline in 2 weeks? We're looking for volunteers to help us discover what remains of Netherplace House's south avenue! 📅 Thurs 5 & Sat 7 June 📧 Email [email protected] for info. No experience needed! ⛏️
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^B&W photograph courtesy Burns House Museum ^Mauchline map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence.
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Another fascinating piece of history in @NorthAyrshire, the Haylie Neolithic Tomb in Largs. Older than Stonehenge, the significance was recognised years ago but getting verification & clearing area to protect it has taken a while. Many thanks to all involved! 👏👏
R- L Provost Dickson with Councillor Ian Murdoch, Councillor Tom Marshall, NAC Head of Service Thomas Reaney and some of the people involved in the project

ALT R- L Provost Dickson with Councillor Ian Murdoch, Councillor Tom Marshall, NAC Head of Service Thomas Reaney and some of the people involved in the project

L-R Bryan Brown NAC Cultural & Heritage team, Phil from Historic Scotland & Provost Dickson

ALT L-R Bryan Brown NAC Cultural & Heritage team, Phil from Historic Scotland & Provost Dickson

Picture of tomb

ALT Picture of tomb

NAC information about Haylie Chambered Tomb

ALT NAC information about Haylie Chambered Tomb

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📢 We're delighted to be hosting an online mapping workshop introducing folk to desk-based & archival research with an emphasis on Glenan Wood in Cowal 📅 Thurs 29 May @ 7pm 📍Zoom If you're interested in what's available for your area, click bit.ly/4dqBa6K and join us!
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We have a special Scotland Online Young Archaeologists' Club workshop this Saturday to celebrate St Andrew’s Day!🎉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Exploring Saints and Pilgrimage in Early Medieval Scotland - quizzes, activities and lots of interesting info for 8-16 year olds. Sign up👇 Scotland Online YAC
Screenshot of a small brown shield shaped object from sketchfab. This object is a cast of a medieval stone mould for a pilgrim’s medal, which was most likely used for making medals for pilgrims on their way to St. Andrews in Fife. It was found in St. Andrews Kirk in North Berwick, which would have been a stop for pilgrims continuing north. It is made of stained brown plaster and features a cross and a saint side by side.

ALT Screenshot of a small brown shield shaped object from sketchfab. This object is a cast of a medieval stone mould for a pilgrim’s medal, which was most likely used for making medals for pilgrims on their way to St. Andrews in Fife. It was found in St. Andrews Kirk in North Berwick, which would have been a stop for pilgrims continuing north. It is made of stained brown plaster and features a cross and a saint side by side.

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Replying to @bletchleypark @UofGWarstudies
Newbattle Abbey College at Dalkeith was a military base during #WW2. By October 1939 both the ATS and RAMC were using the college, grounds, and an extensive network of huts as a training base. Recruits spent 3-6 weeks onsite before being deployed to onward wartime roles.
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As our excavation at Ochiltree reaches the business end it was an honour to welcome veterans from @ErskineCharity yesterday to focus on employability skills, health & wellbeing and to help continue our excavation alongside the local community. Huge thanks to Bobby, Jim & Alan 👏
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We're making some great progress on our dig at Ochiltree with some fab volunteers and P6/7 pupils from Ochiltree Primary School. We've re-exposed the trenches from March and are now working on determining how, and if, the features are related @CoalfieldCLP @as_learn @EastAyrshire
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The start of our second dig at Ochiltree in #EastAyrshire and we had a purrfect assistant for marking out. "Can you hold the tape down please?" 🐈‍⬛️ 🤭. We've resumed our exploration of a site in an area that's previously revealed prehistoric discoveries. Stay tuned! #Ochiltree24
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Thanks to @_Jane_Miller_ for the pic ! 👍
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