Excavations at Castle Law hillfort with Tay Landscape Partnership

Digital reconstruction of the cave following laser scanning survey

Excavations as part of Nevis Landscape Partnership draw to a close

AOC is delighted to be a partner in an exciting new project from SUERC

Further work at this exceptional hillfort a stone's throw from Ben Nevis yields more information about the rampart and the features within

AOC supported Tay Landscape Partnership and Perth & Kinross Heritage Trust in undertaking another season of public excavation

Structural survey and management assessment of the site highlighted multiple phases of redesign and remodelling

Excavations at East Barns, near Dunbar, have revealed evidence of a multi-phase Iron Age site

AOC undertook a programme of archaeological work ahead of and during construction works for the new West Link Road in Inverness

AOC Archaeologists have been working closely with the Whithorn Trust to reconstruct a 2500 year old Iron Age roundhouse

Last year, AOC Archaeology Group worked as part of a Whithorn Trust project at Blach Loch of Myrton, near Monreith, Dumfries and Galloway. 'Whithorn: Hearth, Home & Farm' ran in parallel with our HES supported excavations at Black Loch of Myrton, and saw a variety of crannog- and agriculture-inspired events running in Whithorn. Whithorn Trust’s outreach activites were generously supported by Heritage Lottery Fund. This project has made the shortlist for the ‘Best Community Engagement Archaeology Programme’ in the 2016 British Archaeological Award.

Popular publication by AOC's Andy Heald & John Barber up for Current Archaeology Award

Excavations in advance of the construction of a new school building yielded evidence of prehistoric life in London Borough of Newham

In the summer of 2015, AOC’s surveyors undertook a detailed programme of recording at this little-known broch

In the spring of 2015, AOC's surveyors undertook photogrammetry and laser scan survey of cup and ring marked rocks at Ballochmyle, Ayrshire

August 2015 saw the first of three seasons of excavation at this enigmatic vitrified hillfort near Fort William

In the summer of 2015, AOC carried out excavations at Greenan, Ayrshire, which revealed evidence of eight thousand years of human occupation

In early 2015, AOC excavated a prehistoric burial cist at the site of a new health centre in Drumnadrochit

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.