FollowSearch the Site
Dig Diary
August 2022 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 External Links
Category Archives: Finds
Iron knife
The bone handled knife found by Jenny yesterday.
Wet sieving of soil samples
Jackaline Robertson of AOC Archaeology Group went up to Castletown last week to supervise the wet sieving of the soil samples collected during excavations in April/May. Eight volunteers were trained over the course of a week, processing around 45 10l buckets … Continue reading
Posted in Finds, Post-ex Analysis
Comments Off on Wet sieving of soil samples
Summary of Excavations at Nybster Broch, 26th April to 8th May 2011
Nybster: Summary of Season 1 The first block of fieldwork carried out at the Nybster broch settlement has been a great success, and has added to our knowledge of the development of the site considerably. Below is a summary of … Continue reading
Posted in Excavations, Finds
Comments Off on Summary of Excavations at Nybster Broch, 26th April to 8th May 2011
Thrumster Primary School pupils make some brilliant discoveries!
We finished excavating the possible cist this morning and got it recorded. We are now continuing to investigate the fill of the cut in which the feature was constructed. It was in this context that the pendant was found yesterday. … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Excavations, Finds
Comments Off on Thrumster Primary School pupils make some brilliant discoveries!
Possible Pictish cist
Today was our first day on site without blazing sunshine, but we had a great day nonetheless. We began exploring the area around a large but badly degraded orthostat (upright stone) running across the rampart today. We discovered what looks … Continue reading
Posted in Excavations, Finds
Comments Off on Possible Pictish cist
Serpentine pendant
Local volunteer Islay just discovered this beautiful pendant, which we believe is made of serpentine. It was found while trowelling in one of the later phases of the rampart’s construction. Serpentine occurs naturally in parts of Shetland, and is also … Continue reading
Posted in Excavations, Finds
Comments Off on Serpentine pendant
Canisbay & Castletown Primary Schools visit Nybster
Today we had almost 50 pupils visiting from Canisbay and Castletown Primary Schools. They had lots of great suggestions for what they think our mystery bone tool might be! We have established that the cell within the rampart was constructed … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Excavations, Finds
Comments Off on Canisbay & Castletown Primary Schools visit Nybster
Keiss Primary School pupils visit Nybster Broch Project
Today the pupils of Keiss Primary School visited us on site and took part in educational activities at Caithness Broch Centre. Miss Macpherson’s P1-3 pupils visited in the morning, and Miss Gulloch’s P4-7s in the afternoon. Starting at the Broch … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Excavations, Finds
Comments Off on Keiss Primary School pupils visit Nybster Broch Project
Saddle quern stone
A brilliant example of a typical saddle quern stone was discovered today in the structural feature at the southern end of our trench within the rampart Walls. This would have been used as a surface on which to process grain, … Continue reading
Posted in Excavations, Finds
Comments Off on Saddle quern stone
Door pivot
Local volunteer Steve found this great door pivot on his first day on site with us yesterday. It is situated in an entrance to a secondary structure within the rampart, at the bottom of a flight of stone steps.
Posted in Excavations, Finds
Comments Off on Door pivot
