Archaeologists will be back on site from Monday 20th June to Friday 12th August 2022 and visitors are welcome
Visit the Swandro Excavation!
More News From Kilmartin Museum
On the left is a photograph of a Beaker pot from Upper Largie as it appears today in the Museum’s nationally significant Prehistoric Collection. A three-dimensional digital reconstruction showing how this pot appeared over five thousand years ago is on the right
The Pompeii Craftsman
Scientists have now successfully sequenced human genome from an individual who died in Pompeii, Italy, after the eruption of the volcano.
Sphere
“I search the shore for the perfect shape” -Jeanne Bouza Rose
“Surprising finds that shift the boundaries of our understanding.” Norwegian Melting Ice Patches
“Objects and remains of animals and human activity have been found that we didn’t even know existed. ” Birgitte Skar, NTNU (the Norwegian University of Science and Technology) University Museum.
Winter Feasting at Durrington Walls: It’s All In Neolithic Poo
“The type of parasites we find are compatible with previous evidence for winter feasting on animals during the building of Stonehenge.” Dr Piers Mitchell, Cambridge’s Department of Archaeology.
But What Were They For?
“The first photo I ever took at the Ness was of this piece of pottery, discovered at the dig in 2009…..”
The Orkney Exhibitions Season Has Started!
“The ‘new’ Pictish Stone can connect with the collection of Pictish Stones permanently on display in the Museum”
Maeshowe Neolithic Tomb Reopens to Visitors
Visitors can now book tickets to Maeshowe as part of HES’s new seasonal activity for 2022, with more sites set to follow in reopening across the country on a rolling basis.
More Fun With Limpets!
“I was thinking, again, about children playing with shells in past times”
