Welcome

Welcome to the Southern Kintyre Project blog.

The project is an archaeological investigation into the prehistory of Southern Kintyre run jointly by the Universities of Central Lancashire and Bangor, and has been running since 2005. The aim of the project is to investigate the prehistory of this fascinating area, and also to look for evidence of links across the sea to Ireland in the Neolithic and Bronze Age.

This year we will be excavating a Neolithic burial monument, which is the largest and most exciting excavation yet undertaken by the project.

We will be using this blog to report regular updates of our progress on the dig, and also to advertise various public events we are organising to accompany our research, such as open days at the excavation, public lectures and so forth. Information will also be available from our bulletin board located in Campbeltown Library.

We are all very excited about this years excavations, and look forward to sharing our discoveries with the people of Kintyre!