Author: Alberto Pearson

Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish Church This church was substantially rebuilt in 1775 but incorporates earlier masonry including the bellcote of 1733. Further alterations were made in 1892-3 by JB Leslie. The graveyard here is very interesting and includes two burial enclosures – one late 17th century. Kirkpatrick Fleming is in Dumfries and Galloway

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Arbroath Abbey NO 643413 54 HS Tironensian Abbey Arbroath Abbey was founded by King William the Lion in 1178 for the monks of the order of Tiron in memory of his friend Thomas A’Becket.. There are substantial remains of the large church . The abbots house , the main gate and the precinct wall are […]

  Detecting Bodies / Code of Practice Home NCMD FID Code of practice Avoiding protected sites, or land in their near vicinity (because areas of archaeological sensitivity and scheduling boundaries may not always correspond). Not trespassing; before you start detecting obtain permission to search from the landowner, regardless of the status, or perceived status, of […]

Barjarg Castle Now attached to a large 19th century mansion, Barjarg is a red rubble L plan tower which 4 storeys and and attic. The tower may have been built in 1680 by John Grierson and his wife Grizel kilpatrick

Although this can be done legally it’s wise to stop and think…….. What do British detectorists’s think about the export and import of Iraqi antiquities? About the exploitation of sites by the poor in Iraq to supply that market? The export and sale of Egyptian antiquities? Or Greek ones? We all “tut-tut” about that of […]

This was found in a bog at St Andrews Parish , Orkney in 1867 and has been carbon dated to between 250 and 615 AD. This is made of undyed fabric which was woven on an upright loom and fringed with tablet woven bands and long tassels,some of which appear to be recycled from other […]

Dairsie Castle, Fife Dairsie Castle was first built in the late 16th century, when the lands where owned by the Learmonth family. It is a variation of both L and Z – plans, consisting of a rectangular main block with a square tower at western angle and round towers at the northern and southern angles, […]

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Brodie Castle Mid 16th century (1567) , although the Brodie family were first granted land here by Malcolm IV much earlier in 1160. Damaged in 1645 during the campaigns of the Marquis of Montrose, Brodie is a Z-plan structure with additions made in the 17th and 19th centuries