We’re getting close to the end of the 2023 season, and the students are hard at work finishing the final tasks and aims of their trenches. For some, this included cleaning and taking final photos and photogrammetry, whilst others continue to expose sections of rampart….

It’s the last day of week 2, and students have made fantastic progress! As tomorrow is our first open day, the students took some time to prepare the site for visitors – ensuring the trenches were clean and ready for the public to view. They…

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…

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…

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….

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…

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,…