In September 2015, AOC led a non-invasive survey training workshop at Torcastle for Lochaber Archaeological Society

AOC has been working with IFLI to deliver a comprehensive programme of heritage skills training

From the 14th to 28th of August 2015, Nevis Landscape Partnership will be breaking new ground at Dun Deardail, as a team of volunteers conduct the first excavations of this enigmatic site with the support of archaeologists from AOC Archaeology Group (AOC). Dun Deardail is a vitrified hillfort; its wooden and stone defences were burned at such high temperatures, and for such a long time, that the stone fused together. This phenomenon was previously thought to be unintentional, the result of accident or attack, but experimental archaeology has shown that vitrification occurs only after long periods of burning: the fires must have been fed and stoked, suggesting that vitrification was an intentional process.

AOC has been involved in recording two well-preserved medieval churches in the Hebrides prior to restoration…