News  |  Posted July 14, 2021

Dig It! Announces Partnership with Jambo! Radio and the Archaeology Podcast Network

In partnership with Jambo! Radio and the Archaeology Podcast Network, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s Dig It! project has announced a series of radio interviews and podcast episodes to coincide with the Scotland Digs 2021 campaign. Coordinated by Dig It!, a hub for Scottish archaeology, the campaign is shining a spotlight on Scotland’s world-class community and development-led archaeology this …

News  |  Posted July 6, 2021

Text Giving – a new way to donate to the Society

The Society has registered with Donr, a Text Giving service provider, so that we can now offer text giving to anyone who wishes to make a monetary donation to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Text Giving is a quick and easy way of giving a donation to the Society. All you need is your mobile phone – no credit cards …

News  |  Posted July 1, 2021

Reminder – Annual Subscription due 1st July

Dear All, Annual Fellowship subscriptions are due on the 1st of July 2021.  If you have not yet paid your subscription, please do so at your earliest convenience. We understand that due to the Coronavirus pandemic some Fellows may be experiencing financial difficulties. Therefore, Society Trustees have agreed that any Fellow in financial hardship due to COVID-19 can receive a …

News  |  Posted June 21, 2021

Society’s Dig It! Project Launches Scotland Digs 2021 Campaign

The summer dig season returns with fieldwork planned from Dumfries & Galloway to Shetland. Scotland is shining a spotlight on its world-class archaeology this summer with Scotland Digs 2021. Now in its third year, the campaign will bring together live updates and events for members of the public from 21 June to 22 September. After the COVID-19 pandemic halted much …

News  |  Posted June 15, 2021

Help Celebrate Composer Felix Yaniewicz

An exciting project is underway to celebrate Felix Yaniewicz  (1762-1848) for his role in founding Edinburgh’s first music festival in 1815. Yaniewicz was a Polish-Lithuanian violin virtuoso and composer, who began his career in the Polish Royal Chapel, played for Mozart and Haydn in Vienna, and after spells in Italy and Paris, fled the French Revolution and came to Britain. By …

News  |  Posted June 2, 2021

Our COVID-19 Response – 2021 Update

As the time to renew Society subscriptions approaches (due 1st July 2021), we are very aware of the financial strain our Fellows may be experiencing as a result of the continued upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, Society Trustees have agreed that any Fellow suffering financial hardship due to COVID-19 can receive a 25% discount on their subscription to …

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Letters to and from Chester University

Letters to and from Chester University regarding heritage department staffing

Letters to and from Chester University regarding heritage department staffing

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Letter to Sheffield University

Letter to Sheffield University regarding its Department of Archaeology

Letter to Sheffield University regarding its Department of Archaeology

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Society Response to Consultation on HES Managing Change Working on or Near Scheduled Monuments

Consultation response regarding Scheduled Ancient Monuments

Consultation response regarding Scheduled Ancient Monuments

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News  |  Posted April 2, 2021

Book Funding Appeal: Radar in Scotland, 1938–46

Do you want to learn more about the history of radar in Scotland? The Society is working with Ian Brown, an Assistant Curator of Aviation at the National Museum of Flight, on the first published history of ground radar in Scotland during WWII. We depend on publication grants for our books, usually provided by other organisations, but as an independent researcher …