The First Millennia Studies Group is a discussion forum for all aspects of archaeology in the first millennia BC and AD. There is no geographical limit but the majority of discussions centre around Scotland.
Open to all.
firstmillennia.wordpress.com
We support everyone in Scotland to volunteer with history, culture and nature organisations.
Find an opportunity near you: volunteer.makeyourmark.scot.
For inclusive volunteering resources & events for volunteer organisers, see @VolOrganisers.bsky.social
Online publication covering Scottish history, heritage and archaeology. Featuring articles, reviews, latest book releases, places to visit, events and more. Published in Ayrshire. Editor: @neilritchie.bsky.social
Prioritising need and creating momentum to tackle an urgent challenge for the nation | A @socantscot.bsky.social and @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social project | Supported by #NationalLottery #HeritageFund and the Pilgrim Trust
BEFS informs, debates & advocates on opportunities & challenges facing Scotland's built environment. Historic Environment Scotland supported. 🔗 https://www.befs.org.uk
Invernessian palaeogeneticist and stay-at-home dad. Knows a thing or two about the aDNA of extinct lions, sabretooths and megafauna. Author of The Missing Lynx.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Missing-Lynx-Future-Britains-Mammals/dp/1472957350
We are a community group dedicated to the exploration and celebration of Shetland's rich heritage. www.archaeologyshetland.org
Stimulating interest in the history and archaeology of Tweeddale in the Scottish Borders since 1994.
We think places that make people smile are worth caring for – support our charity so we can keep sharing them with everyone, #ForTheLoveOfScotland https://www.nts.org.uk/
A generally ridiculous human, constantly on some kind of side quest!
Archaeologist at ORCA, PhD student at UHI Archaeology Institute based in Orkney studying how Iron Age people used marine molluscs! 🐚 big shell fan 🐚
A unique museum dedicated to Roman & Iron Age Scotland.
🌟Thistle Awards Winner
Melrose, Scottish Borders
🔗https://linktr.ee/trimontiumtrust
Art & Architectural Historian - Research Manager for the Finding Futures for Scotland’s Churches Project @socantscot.bsky.social - Freelance research and writing about Scottish Medieval and Early Modern - She/her
Exploring Scotland’s past through archaeology at National Trust for Scotland sites. Follow for updates on digs, discoveries, and history! #ForTheLoveOfScotland. Where we are and what we're doing.
An online, publicly accessible record of the Highland's Historic Environment. Visit the Highland HER website here: http://her.highland.gov.uk
Banner Photo: Patrick Robertson
Archaeology company based in the Highlands of Scotland
Community project celebrating Scotland’s first railway through research, archaeology and reconstruction.
www.1722waggonway.co.uk
We want to live in a Scotland where archaeology is for everyone! https://archaeologystrategy.scot/
We're the national development body for Scotland's museum sector, supporting museums and galleries through funding, advocacy, advice, and events. 🏛️
SAF was founded in 1969 to promote archaeological research in Scotland, and is currently run by postgraduate archaeologists from the University of Glasgow.
Call for Papers for our 2025 conference here: https://forms.gle/zQbNg3fYQr9y56c48
Late Antique & Medieval Postgraduate Society | Community promoting interdisciplinarity & fellowship among students | Run by University of Edinburgh students
A twelfth-century cathedral built during Viking times in the beautiful Orkney Islands. https://www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/our-museums/st-magnus-cathedral/#:~:text=Welcome%20to%20St%20Magnus%20Cathedral&text=Built%20from%20local%20red%20and,of%20the%20Kingdom
A membership charity founded in 1780 that supports the study and enjoyment of Scotland’s past through publications, lectures, @scarf-scot.bsky.social, @digitscotland.bsky.social, @churchheritage.bsky.social and more | Visit https://www.socantscot.org/
Architectural illustrator and 3D reconstruction artist based in East Lothian, Scotland. #Blender3D Pro. Member: Society of Architectural Illustrators, Scottish Castles Association, and the Caithness Broch Project. https://bobmarshall.co.uk
We are internationally renowned for our innovative undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research programmes in Culture and Heritage, Orkney and Shetland Studies, Highlands and Islands Literature, Scottish Heritage, Viking Studies and Island Studies.
LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) 🌈 Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention.
UK-based heritage & archaeology professional working principally for the Historic Environment Forum, Arcadia & the Getty Conservation Institute, trustee Kilmartin Museum, Chair of CIfA & BM/PAS committees, Secretary APPAG, sighthound owner
#Archaeologist #zooarchaeologist #SGSAH funded #PhD student at #UHI #Orkney researching human #reddeer relationships in prehistory
Interests: archaeology of ale, beer and brewing, history & prehistory of malt and malting technologies. I like campervans, spinning, walking, gardening, swimming in the sea. Academic stuff is here:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Merryn-Dineley
People/Places; Spatial/Cultural Informatics; Arch/Heritage Sci; Data & Design. PhD - WIP. Views own. Digital Trustee: @DunollieOban. Advisory Board: @goodorgcic.bsky.social Director/Trustee: @archscot.bsky.social (she/her)
she/her •medievalist • monastic landscapes • experiential heritage • neurodiversity & archaeology • medieval women religious • creator #muntastic #nunscapes • SFF nerd #AuDHD Ally 🏳️⚧️🌈
🔗https://hcommons.org/members/kimmcurran
Undiscovered Scotland is a combination of visitor guide, accommodation listing and business directory which aims to show you what the country is really like.
Website: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/
The UK's favourite archaeology magazine. Tweets by Editor Carly and team.
Subscribe today: https://archaeology.co.uk/subscriptions
Here to support early career archaeologists and heritage professionals. Part of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.
Ongoing project investigating a monumental Neolithic complex in Orkney, Scotland.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
Archaeology/animals/outdoors. PhD in Visitor Experience in World Heritage Site Management, work in heritage management in the Northern Isles (UK).
This it the official Bluesky account for the archaeology department at the University of Aberdeen. Follow us to see what we are up to (or digging down into)
Working together towards a sustainable Solway Firth
History & Heritage of West Fife Villages
Speaker Events // Local Museum // Heritage Projects
🖱️ salinedistrictheritagesociety.wordpress.com
📧 salinedistrictheritage@gmail.com
PhD Researcher in Transgender Archaeology at the Uni of York. Former Mayor of Bangor, Author, Activist, Board Gamer, Welsh, Queer, Non-Binary (they/nhw)
Archaeologist, teacher, feminist, mom, writing about systemic oppression in archaeology
She/her
Prof of Archaeology & Pedagogy at the University of Manchester, NTF, PFHEA, UoM Academic Development Lead, CoDirector of the Ardnamuchan Transitions Project. #EDI. Giddy is my base state. she/her.
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/hannah.cobb
Prof. of Colonialism & Heritage @ University of Leicester UK.
Penguin author of Our Island Stories. 10 Walks through Rural Britain & its Hidden History of Empire (2024) repd by. Emma Bal @ Madeleine Milburn agency.
@OnlyinBirmingham podcast
On Substack
GBPT is a charity that works to rescue, repair and restore historic buildings at risk across Glasgow. Established 1982. Organisers of @Glasgowdodf since 1990.
Heritage Stone-carver, medieval obsessive. Dewar of the Clag Buidhe Naomh Medan. FSAScot. Pictish Art and late medieval West Highland sculpture. As long as the world spins around, I'll take my time.
Founded in 1988 to affirm the importance of Pictish culture in Scotland's past. Monthly lectures through winter and spring. Annual conference in October. Newsletter 3-4 times/year. Join us: www.thepictishartssociety.org.uk. (Posts by fortrenn.bsky.social)
Bioarchaeologist. Amateur Scarecrow.
Ancient DNA Lab @ The Francis Crick Institute
Associate Lecturer in Quantitative Archaeology and Later European Prehistory @ UCL Institute of Archaeology
Zooarchaeologist. 🏺
Museums & Heritage Researcher. 📜
Science Communicator & Writer. 🧪
Chinese-American Immigrant in the UK.
She/Her/她. All views my own. 🏳️🌈♿️
https://dralexfitzpatrick.carrd.co/
SCAPE works with the public to research, investigate, interpret and promote the archaeology of Scotland’s coast. https://scapetrust.org/
International awards winning publisher in Scotland.
https://www.stoutstoat.co.uk
Archaeological wood analyst. PhD in Late Bronze Age toolkits at the University of Leicester & the National Museums Scotland.
Works primarily with @dendrochronicle.bsky.social
The Friends of Crookston Castle help care for and celebrate Glasgow's only surviving medieval castle.
Recording the form, story and legacy of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival with LambLex, @GordonBarr.scot & @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social
(Pic J McDougall, CC 2.0)
http://www.glasgowgardenfestival.org
SIHS promotes the heritage of Scottish industry, past and present. Founded in 1984 by combining the Scottish Society for the Preservation of Historical Machinery and the Scottish Society for Industrial Archaeology. www.sihs.co.uk/
Connecting you with North Lanarkshire's industrial & social heritage | Explore museum, archive & local studies collections | Visit our museums & search rooms
South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust (SGHET) https://linktr.ee/sghet - celebrating our histories and places for a #SustainableSouthside #Glasgow #Heritage
DMs don't reach us but our email is here https://sghet.com/contact/
Worldwide society for prehistoric archaeology, established 1935.
www.prehistoricsociety.org
Posts by Tess Machling (membership secretary)
Stories from Scotland's national collections.
Explore our website: nms.ac.uk
Archaeology student at UHI; charity trustee; stitcher. Isle of Mull, Argyll.
This is the official Bluesky account for the Department of Archaeology part of the School of History, Classics & Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. https://hca.ed.ac.uk/archaeology
Football, Archaeology (PhD), Music
The Archaeology Data Service supports research, learning and teaching with high quality and dependable #digital resources and #digital #preservation for #archaeology and heritage 💾💻🏺
Based in the Department of Archaeology, University of York, UK.
The UHI Archaeology Institute, a hub for world-class research, teaching, and professional consultancy. Part of the UHI
https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/archaeology-institute/ | https://archaeologyorkney.com
Learning Officer at Archaeology Scotland.
All about Roman Scotland and beyond. Run by AndrewTibbs.bsky.social | formerly @RomanScotland and @AndrewTibbs | Hon Research Fellow at Aberdeen Uni
Archaeologist from Stirling interested in Romans, Picts and all things Scottish!
She/her. Research Affiliate at the University of Glasgow. Govan Old and OG(H)AM; researching Digital Imaging and Early Medieval Sculpture
Lecture in geospatial archaeology at the University of Glasgow, interested in landscape archaeology, GIS, remote sensing, hillforts, causewayed enclosures and anything big on top of a hill
Postdoctoral researcher at AMGC VUB (BBLab) using isotope analyses to investigate the lives of city dwellers in the medieval Low Countries. Happiest with my two cats or reading a good book. Views my own.
Charity set up to support and promote archaeology in and across Orkney.
Struggles with Galloway on a daily basis, muppets fan account, certified mayo Hater
The Scottish Society for Northern Studies (SSNS) was founded in 1968 to explore the inter-relationships between the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish cultures.
https://ssns.org.uk
PhD student at the University of Glasgow, researching the early medieval Moray Firthlands in Scotland. Live in Penryn, Cornwall. FSAScot. Posts about early medieval Scottish history and archaeology. Blog: https://fortrenn.ghost.io
Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Pioneering women in archaeology, palaeontology & geology — past & present. Posts by Tori Herridge, Becky Wragg Sykes, Brenna Hassett, and Suzie Birch. www.trowelblazers.com
Cultural Heritage Consultancy championing the economic value of heritage at individual, community and global levels without damaging humanity’s cultural memory.
Audience and Network Manager at The Council for British Archaeology. University of York alumna. Archaeologist, Lakeland lass and Yorkshire tea addict. She/her.
📍York/Cumbria
Inspiring people to discover, explore, care for and enjoy Scotland's archaeological heritage! We are an independent charity: https://www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk
Galloway Hoard Researcher at National Museums Scotland. Author of Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom and other archaeology content. https://www.nms.ac.uk/profile/dr-adrian-maldonado See also @almostarch.bsky.social
Early medieval northern Britain, taking in Picts, Gaels, Britons, Angles and Norse. On this day, feast days, place-names, archaeology news and book releases. Posts by Dundonian bookworm Craig. https://northages.wordpress.com/
Early Medievalist, Pictus obsessus and bronze vessel nerd. 46/282 Munros. With some added Crofting and Common Grazings.
Rewriting archaeology, @durham_uni
Land/seascapes- old music/books - folk traditions - early med/ post med Britain / Armorica - views own - incorrigibly plural - Pleasant Green; Dept of Works
Archaeologist. Research Fellow. Lecturer. Iron Age and early medieval material culture .Horses and sharp pointy things, mostly. "Ain't nothin' like me - except me" (Raccoon, 2014). Usually optimistic even if cynical. She/her/thon wan. Personal views only
The bluesky social media channel for the University of Aberdeen Northern Picts project @northernpicts on Facebook
All things Pictish/early medieval/Aberdeen/Scotland/Archaeology/Hilforts/Digital
Archaeologist. Scotland. Interest in early medieval Europe, landscape, and defended settlement.
Post-excavation artefact specialist at National Museums Scotland: iron, metalworking, craft, Iron Age, early medieval and medieval. Mum, gardener and list-maker.
Lecturer in Biomolecular & Medieval Archaeology at Edinburgh Uni - data viz & R enthusiast (she/her)
Empowering people to imagine and realise low carbon, just, climate resilient futures through culture – from arts to heritage
CVARF Engagement Officer at Archaeology Scotland, affiliated researcher @UofG interested in early modern uplands, shieling practice, hunting and estates, and 17th c. Glencoe. I also dabble in contemporary archaeology - edgelands and archaeologies of waste.
Head of Research at Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. PhD in archaeological glass science. Consultant in museum and heritage collections care. Trustee at Tarbat Discovery Centre.
Interested in all things #archaeology #museums #glass #Scotland #heritage
Archaeologist; #Roman Frontiers; Scottish History and #Archaeology at National Museums Scotland @ntlmuseumsscotland
Passion for prehistory! Flint and stone tools | 3D modelling | monuments | flintknapping | all things Orkney. Senior Curator of Prehistory (Palaeolithic to Neolithic), National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh | Visiting Associate Professor @ UHI
Digital Public Archaeologist - Podcaster - co-founder of Archaeology Podcast Network
Archaeologist; Senior Cultural Resources Advisor for the Historic Scotland Properties in Care
🏺Archaeologist, Broadcaster, Award winning Author #Booksky 📕.
BAFTA and Equity member 🎥
President Council for British Archaeology
Research Affiliate @Pitt_Rivers
Agent: http://www.miradormanagement.co.uk
Insta: @raksha_digs
All views my own!
Rankin Reader in European Prehistory • Vice President, The Prehistoric Society • knowledge production ⛏️
Resolving the structure of prehistoric society • unpicking patriarchal assertion from present to past • digs hillforts, Celts
Personal account #NUFC 🇵🇸
Archaeologist, gold & torc researcher, chocolate artefact maker & mum. Often post about cats who aren't mine...
Views all my own 😊
Green party 💚
She/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Work on torcs & gold: https://bigbookoftorcs.com
Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/tess317409
