Tarradale. Blog from NOSAS
Nice piece on the excavations at another major Pictish site
strathspey
pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/02/2014/portrait-of-an-early-bronze-age-highland-funeral
This has received quite a lot of attention in the local press – little wonder, its a wonderful find.
Windfarm developer pays for Archeological investigation of "Horned" cairns
forestry.gov.uk/newsrele.nsf/AllByUNID/8F39E72FC224AABF802577D2004D9456
The modern Forestry Commission have to be commended for their far-thinking approach to land management and the proactive preservation of our heritage.
There are other local instances (which I’ll dig out)where the Commission team here in the North have contributed to the the vast cache of archeological gems which have been largely hidden and forgotten since many huge stands of conifers were planted in the 40’s and 50’s.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11347013
Strange how the lives of the past can affect the Corporate business of today!!
ps. Inverness is known locally as “Tesco Town”
Must have been a Bronze Age Tesco in Inverness!!