Holyrood Archaeology 2023 – Day 9
Today the students were visited by Trevor Cowie, who shared with them the discovery of bronze age axe heads found at the site in 1996. Find out what the students have learnt and how their trenches have progressed! Trench 3 – Caitlin Our main objective…
Holyrood Archaeology Day 8 2023
Today the students were making great progress across all trenches! Read about their experiences here. Trench 3 – Paulina Tabachnikova It’s our sixth day in trench 3, and we spent a good part of the day creating a hand-drawn plan of our trench, specifically of…
Holyrood Archaeology 2023 Day 7
We had a variety of activities happening across each of our trenches, all with the aim to help answer our research questions for the dig. Whilst some trenches recorded deposits, others mattocked through rubble rampart and bank material, to define edges. Students used their keen…
Holyrood Archaeology Day 6
It’s the start of week 2 on the Holyrood Field School, and the students were quick to work, building on the skills they learnt last week. Throughout the day we welcomed lots of visitors to Dunsapie, including the first of our school visits. School Visits…
Holyrood Archaeology Day 5
Today marked the end of week 1 of the Holyrood Archaeology field school, and we have made fantastic progress in all of our trenches. All of our students have gained experience in many different archaeological skills and are becoming more confident in identifying archaeological features….
Holyrood Archaeology 2023 – Day 4
The sun was shining on Dunsapie hillfort today, as the students went to work removing the final topsoil layers and cleared onto the new layers below. Read all about the work in each of the trenches below and the experiences of the students! Trench 3…
Holyrood Archaeology 2023 – Day 3
Today, our students made great progress in all of the trenches. Trenches 7 and 8 were quick to remove the tarp from last year’s excavations, whilst our new trenches continued to remove topsoil, and it is evident that students are becoming more confident using tools…
Holyrood Archaeology 2023 – Day 2
Today was an exciting day for many of the Edinburgh University students – we finished deturfing our four trenches, and students were able to use their trowels (some for the first time). Each of our trenches have now had their first find, so students have…
Holyrood Archaeology 2023 – Day 1
Today marked the first day back at Dunsapie Hillfort for the Holyrood Archaeology Project. A new cohort of students from the University of Edinburgh joined staff from AOC Archaeology at Dunsapie loch ahead of our first day in the field. For many of our students,…
Holyrood Archaeology – Day 12
We only have a few days left excavating at Dunsapie Hillfort, therefore students have been busy at work so that we can complete each of the trenches and fully record them.