Recent Archaeological work in Tayside and Fife 2024

Tickets – In-person £20, online £12.50, students free*

(Ticket price includes refreshments but not lunch)

Speakers confirmed so far;

Derek Hall – ‘The Church by the water’ – Reflections on Season 1 of the University of St Andrews Monastic Field school at Lindores Abbey, Fife

Mark Hall – The Return of the Stone: Making a new Perth Museum, all questions welcome!

Rich Hiden - How to build a Prehistoric Village and a Crannog in 2024

Gavin Lindsay – Revisiting Roman Perthshire: hitting 'refresh' on towers, terminology and tactical roads

Coralie Mills - Grave origins: Tree-ring revelations from Whitefriars, Perth

Marc Oxenham - Pox, Plague and Pestilence: Scotland’s Relationship with Disease and Epidemics Over the Past 5,000 years

Bess Rhodes - 'Faire and fertile ground': Perceptions of the Tay Valley, c.1400-1700

David Strachan - Four Forts on the Tay: excavations Abernethy, Moncreiffe Hill, and King’s Seat, Dunkeld

Leonie Teufel – Optimum distance between land and sea; excavations at Colinsburgh

Update on recent work at East Lomond

* Bursaries available for students to cover ticket and travel costs. Thanks to a grant provided by the Russell Trust, students may apply for a bursary covering the ticket price and travelling expenses on a first come – first serve basis and at the discretion of the Committee. Please apply directly to the Tafac Treasurer at

Host or Publisher Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee