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🗺️The Uncovering the Tweed Destination Tweed UK were undertaking survey at Yair last week. The project is investigating a new site, first identified on LiDAR data as part of the Mapping the Tweed project! Volunteers were trained on site to use geophysical survey and measured plane table

🗺️The Uncovering the Tweed <a href="/DestTweedUK/">Destination Tweed UK</a>  were undertaking survey at Yair last week. The project is investigating a new site, first identified on LiDAR data as part of the Mapping the Tweed project!
Volunteers were trained on site to use geophysical survey and measured plane table
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⏲️We love the past, but keep our minds on the future at AOC,: we hosted 3rd-year University of York students for a 2-day mentoring programme at AOC York last week! 🏛️ They explored consultancy, heritage legislation, post-ex, public value & more, guided by our Andy Heald & Gary Millward,

⏲️We love the past, but keep our minds on the future at AOC,: we hosted 3rd-year <a href="/UniOfYork/">University of York</a> students for a 2-day mentoring programme at AOC York last week! 🏛️
They explored consultancy, heritage legislation, post-ex, public value &amp; more, guided by our <a href="/heald_andy/">Andy Heald</a> &amp; Gary Millward,
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AOC Archaeology have been working with local groups along the river Tweed as part of @destinationtweeduk investigating and delving into the past. This is just one of many projects where you can get involved and discover the benefits of investigating the past. Sign up to

AOC Archaeology have been working with local groups along the river Tweed as part of @destinationtweeduk investigating and delving into the past. 

This is just one of many projects where you can get involved and discover the benefits of investigating the past. Sign up to
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AOC are delighted to be working with Carsphairn Heritage Initiative this autumn on a new project investigating the ancient sites of Stroanfreggan fort and Smittons Bridge kerbed cairn! Come along to the Catstrand on the 27th July to find out more and how you can get involved in

AOC are delighted to be working with Carsphairn Heritage Initiative this autumn on a new project investigating the ancient sites of Stroanfreggan fort and Smittons Bridge kerbed cairn!

Come along to the Catstrand on the 27th July to find out more and how you can get involved in
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New diggers, sharpen your trowels! We’ve kicked off our in-house training programme covering excavation & recording techniques, including quizzes to keep us on our toes! Prepped = confident... Confident = quality fieldwork. 💪 #Archaeology #HeritageSkills #FieldworkReady

New diggers, sharpen your trowels! 
We’ve kicked off our in-house training programme covering excavation &amp; recording techniques, including quizzes to keep us on our toes!
Prepped = confident... Confident = quality fieldwork. 💪
#Archaeology #HeritageSkills #FieldworkReady
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✳️ AOC’s Melissa Melikian & Andy Heald were in York on Friday for #FAME25 at the stunning Merchant Taylors Hall, joining vital discussions on risk, sustainability & future-proofing UK archaeology. 🌱 We're also rolling out E-learning on site-specific sustainability registers

✳️ AOC’s Melissa Melikian &amp; <a href="/heald_andy/">Andy Heald</a> were in York on Friday for #FAME25 at the stunning Merchant Taylors Hall, joining vital discussions on risk, sustainability &amp; future-proofing UK archaeology.

🌱 We're also rolling out E-learning on site-specific sustainability registers
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🪖We’re so happy to have been invited by our friends at Ashford Museum to exhibit our Chilmington Green World War II research at this fabulous celebration of all things 1940s, in honour of VE and VJ day! 💃There will be children’s entertainment, live music, dancing, a display of

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AOC Archaeology have been working for The Whithorn Trust on their Whithorn Machars Archaeology Project training volunteers in excavation and recording. The latest results from the first block of fieldwork on an intriguing prehistoric site at Sinniness are now up on the Whithorn

AOC Archaeology have been working for The Whithorn Trust on their Whithorn Machars Archaeology Project training volunteers in excavation and recording. The latest results from the first block of fieldwork on an intriguing prehistoric site at Sinniness are now up on the Whithorn
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AOC have been working with locals from Innerleithen Community Trust to record the surviving remains of the mill lade which was once integral to many businesses in the town including several wool mills. Using techniques such as photogrammetry, measured survey and drone photography

AOC have been working with locals from Innerleithen Community Trust to record the surviving remains of the mill lade which was once integral to many businesses in the town including several wool mills. Using techniques such as photogrammetry, measured survey and drone photography
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Volunteers from TillVAS and Uncovering the Tweed @destinationtweeduk were at a great workshop run by Linda from Berwick Archives last Saturday. Participants learnt how to use the online and in person archive material at the library to research medieval sites such as St Cuthberts

Volunteers from TillVAS and Uncovering the Tweed @destinationtweeduk were at a great workshop run by Linda from Berwick Archives last Saturday. Participants learnt how to use the online and in person archive material at the library to research medieval sites such as St Cuthberts
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We are delighted to have been working with The Whithorn Trust recently on the excavation of a prehistoric wetland settlement site at Sinniness as part of the Machars Archaeological Project. Post-excavation work is still ongoing and we are starting to look at the coarse stone tool

We are delighted to have been working with The Whithorn Trust recently on the excavation of a prehistoric wetland settlement site at Sinniness as part of the Machars Archaeological Project. Post-excavation work is still ongoing and we are starting to look at the coarse stone tool
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It's the Chilmington Green Archaeology Project's Big Weekend! Celebrate the work of our #Volunteers on Saturday July 12th as our #Chilmington in Wartime topic launches at Ashford.com Watches Museum, 2pm to 4pm...free lecture at 3pm! Then on Sunday 13th, grab your picnic and join us at the

It's the <a href="/Chilmington/">Chilmington Green</a> Archaeology Project's Big Weekend! Celebrate the work of our #Volunteers  on Saturday July 12th as our #Chilmington in Wartime topic launches at <a href="/ashford/">Ashford.com Watches</a> Museum, 2pm to 4pm...free lecture at 3pm! Then on Sunday 13th, grab your picnic and join us at the
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** Update ** Post-excavation work is ongoing on the assemblage from the well-preserved Iron Age settlement at Hyndford. Check out our In Situ page for the latest news on an iron knife and an intriguing stone axe head....... insitu.org.uk/2023/03/28/hyn… #ironage #roundhouse #axe

** Update **

Post-excavation work is ongoing on the assemblage from the well-preserved Iron Age settlement at Hyndford. Check out our In Situ page for the latest news on an iron knife and an intriguing stone axe head.......

insitu.org.uk/2023/03/28/hyn…

#ironage #roundhouse #axe
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AOC have been working with locals from Innerleithen Community Trust to record the surviving remains of the mill lade. The local school pupils came out to visit the site and learnt about the mill lade in their home town. Part of the Destination Tweed UK project made possible by funding

AOC have been working with locals from Innerleithen Community Trust to record the surviving remains of the mill lade. The local school pupils came out to visit the site and learnt about the mill lade in their home town.

Part of the <a href="/DestTweedUK/">Destination Tweed UK</a> project made possible by funding
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Long, slashing swords like this one from near Mey, Caithness became common across Britain in the late Bronze Age, from around 900- 800 BC. Once possibly deposited into a river or a bog as an offering it is now available to view online. Check out the model here:

Long, slashing swords like this one from near Mey, Caithness became common across Britain in the late Bronze Age, from around 900- 800 BC. Once possibly deposited into a river or a bog as an offering it is now available to view online. Check out the model here:
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Back in May we worked with volunteers as part of Uncovering the Tweed Destination Tweed UK to investigate the medieval activity around the chapel at Horndean. We uncovered a large enclosure ditch filled with medieval pottery and animal bone. As post-excavation work is ongoing we have

Back in May we worked with volunteers as part of Uncovering the Tweed <a href="/DestTweedUK/">Destination Tweed UK</a> to investigate the medieval activity around the chapel at Horndean. We uncovered a large enclosure ditch filled with medieval pottery and animal bone. As post-excavation work is ongoing we have
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This book is about an Iron Age site in Scotland with amazing organic preservation. Hence there will >300 illustrations and the book will be >600 pages. A monster, but very very cool! AOC Archaeology Group

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Carsphairn Heritage Initiative and AOC are excavating at two exciting sites in September - October. Come along to find out more about Smittons Bridge Kerbed Cairn and Stroanfreggan fort and how to get involved in the dig on Sunday 27th July 3pm. Free tickets here:

Carsphairn Heritage Initiative and AOC are excavating at two exciting sites in September - October. Come along to find out more about Smittons Bridge Kerbed Cairn and Stroanfreggan fort and how to get involved in the dig on Sunday 27th July 3pm. Free tickets here:
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We had a great walk last Saturday with Borders Forest Trust as part of a Destination Tweed UK guided walk at the BFT site of Gameshope and Talla. The group heard more about the history of the valley, intriguing placenames and stories aswell as getting an insight into landscape change over

We had a great walk last Saturday with <a href="/BordersForest/">Borders Forest Trust</a>  as part of a <a href="/DestTweedUK/">Destination Tweed UK</a> guided walk at the BFT site of Gameshope and Talla. The group heard more about the history of the valley, intriguing placenames and stories aswell as getting an insight into landscape change over
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It's #FindsFriday again! Find out more about this middle to late Bronze Age spear head on our sketchfab channel. skfb.ly/6VT6W #FindsFriday #spear #BronzeAge #3dmodels #sketchfabmodel

It's #FindsFriday again! Find out more about this middle to late Bronze Age spear head on our sketchfab channel.

skfb.ly/6VT6W

#FindsFriday #spear #BronzeAge #3dmodels #sketchfabmodel