Can You Dig It

Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership (GGLP)
Written By Glenkens Hub

The ‘Can You Dig It’ Community Archaeology Programme was a four year Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership project, providing engaging and educational archaeology activities, which ranged from community digs and community driven research projects, to dual-language archaeology inspired poetry.

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Building Biographies: a 2023 volunteer research project into the country houses of Galloway
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Building Biographies: a 2023 volunteer research project into the country houses of Galloway
heritage

The Building Biographies project recruited volunteers to undertake research into some of the large country houses within Galloway.

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Grave Encounters at Kells
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Grave Encounters at Kells
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Grave Encounters: A 2022 volunteer research project into the people memorialised at Kells, New Galloway.

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Data Structure Reports - Community Archaeology Project
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Data Structure Reports - Community Archaeology Project
archaeology

These Data Structure Reports describes works carried out for at several sites as part of the Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership (GGLP) community archaeology project Can You Dig It? The Reports presents the results from surveys and test pitting works undertaken at the sites.

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The Lost Wells of Galloway (an online project)
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The Lost Wells of Galloway (an online project)
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In the days before indoor plumbing, wells were obviously essential to the everyday needs of the people, but many held importance which surpassed merely keeping hydrated.

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MyGalloway CANMORE Sites
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MyGalloway CANMORE Sites
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MyGalloway was an exciting project to improve our national historical records and you didn’t even have to leave the house!

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Nuhin new unner the sun
archaeology, Scottish languages
Nuhin new unner the sun
archaeology, Scottish languages

In 2021, the ‘Dig It!’ project commissioned Mae Diansangu to write a poem inspired by the investigation of a deserted farmstead called Upper Gairloch on the Raiders Road.

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Are We There Yet?
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Are We There Yet?
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Milestones have been around since Roman times, but their heyday really began in the 1700s. They were designed not only to inform travellers of directions and distances, but to help coaches keep to schedule. At the height of their era, there were 20,000 miles of roads with milestones across Britain.

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Training Workshop Notes - Community Archaeology Project
workshops, skills & training
Training Workshop Notes - Community Archaeology Project
workshops, skills & training

A set of Technical Notes from community archaeology skills training workshops.

workshops, skills & training
Technical Notes - Community Archaeology Project
archaeology
Technical Notes - Community Archaeology Project
archaeology

Prepared as part of the Galloway Glens Can You Dig It scheme, these notes summarise some of the historic archaeological excavations to have taken place in the Galloway Glens area.

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