Medieval iron smelting by Loch Eck in Argyll

Investigations of three bloomery mounds by Lock Eck in Argyll revealed an important but largely concealed medieval industry. This archaeological research, undertaken by GUARD Archaeologists, has recently been published in the latest ARO.

Long Lost Bronze Age Settlement revealed at Erskine

New house owners at Erskine in Renfrewshire may not be aware that they inhabit the same space where a hitherto lost prehistoric settlement once was. Mysteriously abandoned over three thousand years ago, the archaeological remains, long buried and forgotten, have been brought to light in a new publication.

Tracing trade routes to post-medieval Leith

A fragment of Spanish olive jar found during our excavations in advance of Edinburgh’s Trams extension reveals that this mediterranean luxury item was imported into Leith during the sixteenth-seventeenth centuries.

Roman Antonine Wall Fortlet discovered in back gardens of Bearsden

Newly published research by GUARD Archaeology has revealed how a hitherto unknown Antonine Wall Roman fortlet was discovered beneath the back gardens of Bearsden.