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Archaeolink Prehistory Park, Aberdeenshire - http://www.archaeolink.co.uk/
Aims to present prehistory through a mixture of reconstructions, actual sites and an indoor centre. Includes Berryhill Iron Age hill fort and hut circle.

Arthur's O'on - http://members.fortunecity.com/gillonj/arthursoon/
J.K. Gillon gathers together illustrated accounts of this remarkable beehive-shaped Roman building in Scotland which survived until 1743.

Bannockburn Neolithic Enclosures - http://www.almac.co.uk/personal/jrideout/47.htm
An illustrated report by Jim Rideout of recent archaeological inquiry into the Neolithic enclosures at Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Caerlaverock Castle - http://www.suat.demon.co.uk/caerlaverock/index.htm
A day-by-day account of the 1999 excavations by the Scottish Urban Archaeological Trust, with plenty of photographs.

Council for Scottish Archaeology - http://www.scottisharchaeology.org.uk/
For the study and care of Scotland's historic environment. Publishes 'Discovery and Excavation in Scotland'. Activities, advice and publications.

Dark Age Dumfries and Galloway - http://www.dumfriesmuseum.demon.co.uk/darkage-dng.html
Online exhibition from Dumfries and Galloway Museums and Galleries of early Christian sites and carved crosses, with a clickable map of sites.

Demolition May Unearth City's History - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2571101.stm
From BBC, archaeologists hope to find important traces of medieval life in Edinburgh as fire-damaged buildings in the are dismantled.

Dunragit Project - http://orgs.man.ac.uk/research/dunragit/
Archaeological excavation of a neolithic henge monument in Scotland by Southampton and Manchester Universities.

Greyfriars Monastery in Lanark, Scotland - http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.borthwick/LADAS/act/friary/friary.html
Excavation by Lanark and District Archaeological Society in 1999. Plan and history of the site; photographs and description of the excavation and finds.

Hilton of Cadboll Excavations - http://www.guard.arts.gla.ac.uk/projects/1078_WebPages/default.html
Excavations at Hilton of Cadboll for the recovery of Pictish Cross Slab base.

http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/ - http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/
On-line access to the database of the National Monuments Record of Scotland, containing details of many thousands of archaeological sites, monuments, buildings and maritime sites.

Minehowe: The Online Journal - http://www.oat.org.uk/Minehowe/journal/page1.html
Chronicle from Orkney Archaeological Trust of the excavation in Summer 2000 of the area around this enigmatic staircase and underground chambers. Time Team were involved.

Minehowe: The Underground Enigma - http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/minehowe/index.html
Illustrated feature in journalist Sigurd Towrie's 'Orkneyjar' on the underground chamber in Orkney and its survey in 1999 by geophysics expert John Gater.

Orkney Archaeology - http://www.charles-tait.co.uk/library/archaeology/orkney/brodgar/index.htm
A photographic library of artifacts from Neolithic sites recovered from a group of over 70 islands located north of Scotland.

Recumbent Stone Circles in North East Scotland - http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~lib266/stones/main.htm
Description and illustrated gazetteer of this distinctive type of stone circle, provided by Anna Edelsten, University of Aberdeen.

RockStanza.info - Photographic Database of Shetland Brochs - http://www.rockstanza.info
A photographic database of Iron Age brochs in Shetland, Scotland. Exploring the inter-relation of the brochs and their origin.

Scotland's First Settlers - http://www.historyscotland.com/features/firstsettlers.html
A research project by Edinburgh University to identify Mesolithic sites on Skye and neighbouring islands. Project aims and progress; illustrated outline of the subject.

Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports - http://www.sair.org.uk/
Free download of archaeological reports. Published by The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, in association with The Council for British Archaeology and Historic Scotland.

Stonecentric - http://www.stonecentric.connectfree.co.uk/
Frank Wayman's photo gallery of ancient monuments, with comments. Mostly W and SW Scotland, but also featuring the Stones mailing list trip to Avebury.

The Antonine Wall - http://www.freewebs.com/antoninewall/
Description of the everyday life of the Roman soldier on the Antonine Wall in Scotland.

The Hebridean Iron Age - Twenty Years Research - http://www.arcl.ed.ac.uk/arch/publications/hebrides/
D.W.Harding reviews progress in Atlantic Scottish Iron Age studies over the past twenty years, particularly fieldwork in west Lewis by the University of Edinburgh, with revolutionary conclusions for dating.

Verulamium - http://www.verulamium.com
The Roman city at the present St. Albans was the third largest in Roman Britain. An introduction with historical outline, reconstruction drawing, photographs and links.

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