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The Crannog Project Excavation at Loch Achilty
Added at 09:55 on 12 March 2025
NOSAS's Crannog Project has investigated several sites recently - Loch Achilty and Loch Kinellan amongst them....
Tarradale: Post Medieval Digging and Mesolithic Finds Sorting!
Added at 09:25 on 09 February 2025
In early May we opened a trench over the possible site of a distillery shown on the 1788 estate map, SW of Tar...
Repairing the Ord Map
Added at 17:50 on 01 February 2025
Thank you Glen Wyvis Distillery Goodwill Fund for funding the repair of our map. The missing 1829 map of the O...
The Conan Stone
Added at 17:30 on 06 January 2025
A previously unknown Pictish cross slab, discovered by NOSAS members near Conon Bridge, was unveiled at Dingwa...
NOSAS in Orkney
Added at 18:40 on 05 August 2024
In July 2024, several members of NOSAS gathered in Orkney to visit a number of archaeological sites and ongoin...
Further Digging at Tarradale
Added at 18:40 on 10 July 2024
In Autumn 2023, the Tarradale Archaeological Team (TAT) reopened and extended a Mesolithic shell midden trench...
Talks, Blogs, Reports and 25 years of NOSAS
Added at 18:35 on 01 June 2024
In 2023 we celebrated 25 years of NOSAS with talks by Adrian Maldonado of NMS about his research in the Pictis...
Gorse Clearing at Archaeological Sites
Added at 17:45 on 14 March 2024
NOSAS, along with the help of other organisations, has recently been clearing vegetation from two scheduled si...
Kate Britton, the Picts and Rosemarkie Man
Added at 17:45 on 05 November 2023
Professor Kate Britton gave a fascinating talk to NOSAS about the mobility and early childhood origins of earl...
Iron Age Hut Circles in Mullardoch
Added at 17:35 on 27 October 2023
NOSAS members ventured into upper Glen Cannich in Summer 2021 to visit an area normally submerged under the Mu...