Uncovering the Tweed a co-created community archaeology project with Destination Tweed

As part of a conservation contract with Go Industrial, AOC Archaeology will be hosting an industrial conservation intern over the course of the next year. To find out more about the projects that intern Emma Griffiths will be working on, follow her journey here.

A new website showcasing a range of work done by AOC Archaeology Group is now live. In Situ focuses on discovering the past through digital innovation and brings to life many of AOC’s projects through interactive 3D models. 

The results of work at Clachtoll are now available in a new monograph, available in hard copy or as a free, open-access download

In September 2021, AOC carried out the first of four seasons of excavations that will reveal the remains of Cranford House in London Borough of Hillingdon

In the summer of 2020, AOC’s Digital Heritage Team worked on 3D recording of one of the most picturesque tower houses in Scotland – Craigievar Castle in Aberdeenshire.   

AOC’s conservators worked with the Skylark IX Preservation Trust to preserve one of the ‘Dunkirk Little Ships’ from World War II’s Operation Dynamo

A new 80 page popular publication tells the story of life at Clachtoll Broch 2000 years ago

Explore the archaeology of the Rhins of Galloway Coast Path with an exciting new series of guides from the Rhins Revealed Online project

Join us on Saturday 2nd of October for an online celebration of Clachtoll Broch and Historic Assynt’s project to conserve, consolidate and present one of Scotland’s most iconic Iron Age sites

A selection of artefacts from the King’s Seat Hillfort, near Dunkeld, were replicated using cutting edge technology

AOC’s Digital Heritage Team worked on 3D documentation and replication of the selection of artefacts. A range of objects – from pottery and stone to bone, were selected for high-resolution 3D recording and printing.

AOC’s survey team undertook 3D recording of an important early example of Scottish Renaissance funeral architecture.

A small population of Wapiti was introduced to Glen Orchy, Argyll and Bute, in the late 19th century. AOC recorded a pen in which they were contained.

During 2019, AOC undertook excavations at the Royal Liberty School in the London Borough of Havering, formerly the location of a training camp using by the Artists Rifles in 1915-1918.

AOC is working with East West Rail ahead of the construction of a new rail link between Oxford and Cambridge. Excavations at Mill Meadow, Oxfordshire, reveal a fascinating landscape with evidence dating from the Neolithic through to the medieval period.

AOC is delighted to be sponsoring the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s prestigious Rhind Lectures, which will take place online this year from 13-18 December

In May 2020, AOC carried out an archaeological survey in the graveyard of the St Giles Church, London, using innovative digital imaging techniques to enhance traditional recording methods.

AOC and Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust are delighted to announce the launch of a new booklet focussing on the Hillforts of the Tay project

AOC is undertaking excavations at the site of the former Edinburgh & Leith Glass Works, which operated in the 18th and 19th centuries