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    Holyrood Archaeology 2023 – Day 2

    by Jon Henderson August 22, 2023

    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…

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    Holyrood Archaeology 2023 – Day 1

    by Jon Henderson August 21, 2023

    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,…

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    This three-week field school provides intensive training for archaeological undergraduates in essential archaeological survey and excavation skills. Students receive hands-on instruction from experienced commercial archaeology staff in essential archaeological field skills including tape and total station field survey, photogrammetry and excavation. The aim of the project is to assess the impacts of erosion to archaeological sites caused by increasing visitor numbers to the park every year.

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    You can contact Dr Jon Henderson at jon.henderson@ed.ac.uk

     

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