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Dig diary Thursday 2nd August: that's all folks!
After another day's hard labour that's our backfilling finished and all the stone and sandbags in place to (hopefully) protect the site...
Aug 2, 20182 min read


Dig diary Wednesday 1st August: guess what - still backfilling!
Stone, more stone, yet more stone - we're running out of stone to backfill with, having put back everything we took out at the start of...
Aug 1, 20182 min read


Dig diary Tuesday 31st July: still backfilling!
Hard at it all day shifting all those tonnes of stone by hand together with sandbags & trying to control the terram protective membrane...
Jul 31, 20182 min read


Dig diary Monday 30th July: backfilling begins
A sad day at Swandro as we start to prepare the site for winter - although we still have four days left digging has stopped due to the...
Jul 30, 20182 min read


Dig diary Sunday 29th July: Swandro swamped by visitors!
Our last 'Swandro Sunday' of the 2018 season was a resounding success - there were 90 people on the Rousay boat and most of them were...
Jul 29, 20182 min read


Dig diary 28th July: introducing our artist in residence
We've been a little remiss in not keeping you updated with the outstanding work of our artist in residence, Klaudia K, who's been with us...
Jul 28, 20181 min read


Dig diary Friday 27th July: cists and side cells?
Thankfully the forecast thunder storms never appeared today so it was full steam ahead with just a week to go. We now have a possible...
Jul 27, 20182 min read


Dig diary Thursday 26th July: a possible revetted ditch
We've known for a while that there are other structures underneath our Pictish smithy at Swandro, with a large wall crossing the southern...
Jul 26, 20182 min read


Dig diary Wednesday 25th July: a Pictish Painted Pebble to complement the smith's handprints
Pleased to announce that we have our very own Pictish painted pebble from Swandro, found by the eagle-eyed Ruth, and adding to the 55 or...
Jul 25, 20181 min read
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