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.

Our Allt Moraig excavations are held from 25th - 30th April 2016. If you would like to see our excavations, and find out more about this beautiful area, please consider coming along to our Open day on April 30th.

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

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.