News | Posted June 19, 2025
The Society is looking for a new Fellowship and Administration Officer to help grow our flourishing global network and support our busy programme of public and Fellows-Only events. Job Description The Fellowship and Administration Officer is the main point of contact for Society Fellows, applicants and general enquiries. They administer and update records in the Society’s database and support the …
News | Posted June 6, 2025
In May we hosted Archaeological Research in Progress 2025, the national conference presenting recent and ongoing archaeological projects across Scotland. Organised in alternate years by the Society and Archaeology Scotland, this year’s programme featured talks on the Ness of Brodgar, a Bronze Age hoard from the Highlands, Perth’s lost priory and more. Catch up with all the talks, and over 300 other recordings, …
News | Posted June 2, 2025
We are delighted to open bookings for our annual Summer Excursion from Tuesday 9 – Wednesday 10 September 2025 to Kilmartin Glen in Argyll, one of Scotland’s richest prehistoric landscapes. This trip will give Fellows the opportunity to get to know one another and will offer a fascinating insight into the lives of people who inhabited this area over the last …
News | Posted April 22, 2025
‘For when one sees a story illustrated whether of Troy or of something else, he sees the actions of the worthy men that lived in those times, just as though they were present.‘ Richard de Fournival, Le Bestiare d’amours.
News | Posted April 1, 2025
The Archaeological Research in Progress (ARP) conference is a one-day hybrid event showcasing new research findings and best practice in archaeology covering all periods from across Scotland. Since it began in 2005, the annual conference has been organised in alternate years by Archaeology Scotland and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. This year, ARP will be coordinated by the Society …
News | Posted March 26, 2025
The Archaeological Research in Progress (ARP) conference is a one-day hybrid event showcasing new research findings and best practice in archaeology covering all periods from across Scotland. Since it began in 2005, the annual conference has been organised in alternate years by Archaeology Scotland and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. This year, ARP will be coordinated by the Society …
News | Posted March 24, 2025
We are delighted to invite you to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s inaugural joint lecture, The Neolithic Axe Quarries at the Eagle’s Nest, Lambay and North Roe, Shetland: A Comparative Perspective, by Emeritus Professor Gabriel Cooney MRIA FSA FSAScot of University College Dublin (UCD) taking place at Society House, 63 Merrion …
News | Posted March 12, 2025
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland are looking to hire a new member of staff to help co-ordinate and deliver the Finding Futures for Scotland’s Churches Project. Working closely with Scotland’s Churches Trust, this role will collate country-wide information on both heritage and community value of Scotland’s churches. This will include collating existing information and where knowledge gaps are identified, …
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Funded by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the excavation by volunteers from the North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NOSAS) and the Nautical Archaeology Society will take place at Loch Achilty about 20 miles north-west of Inverness in September 2025. Crannogs are dwellings found on artificial islands over water and were often composed of brush, stone or timber mounds. They …
News | Posted March 7, 2025
During the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, people carved and decorated thousands of natural outcrops and boulders across Scotland, like at Achnabreck in Kilmartin Glen, Argyll. Want to explore some of these sites and discuss the future of rock art research in Scottish archaeology? The Society’s Scottish Archaeological Research (ScARF) project is running a series of free workshops which are …
