Caen Township represents life in the highlands of Scotland prior to the Highland Clearances. Based on the synthesis of archaeological and historical evidence this reconstruction locates the Caen Township within the context of its landscape in the…
A guided tour of the Caen Township reconstruction created by the Open Virtual Worlds Group at St Andrews University. The reconstruction was created in partnership with the Timespan Museum and Arts Centre, Helmsdale, Scotland. Timespan:…
Report 2012
The 2010 excavations were coordinated by Jacquie Aitken (Clyne Heritage Society) and Joanna
Hambly (SCAPE Trust). The site was supervised by Joanna Hambly (SCAPE Trust) and Cathy Dagg
(Archaeologist) With assistance from Sarah Salem…
In 1995-6 York Archaeological Trust undertook two seasons of excavation at Fey Field Whithorn,
directed by A. Clarke. The excavations uncovered the remains that were largely of 6th to 10
th
century date and related to the important early-medieval…
Skinnergate was once the main thoroughfare into Perth. Here, just inside the burgh’s boundaries near the city wall was where the Skinners lived. Other smelly and dangerous crafts were settled just outside the wall. Leatherworkers lived here, and had…
Drone footage of St Andrews Cathedral on a snow day in 2018 by OVW Team members Dr John McCaffery and Dr Chris Davies. Music credits: St Salvators Choir: Kyrie Chant
Seinn Spioradail is an exploration of the incredible wealth of sights, sounds and memories of spiritual singing and song writing in everyday life in Highland and Island communities, something which has been part of Highland culture for millenia. The…
A magnificent piece of early medieval sculpture, the Pictish St Madoes cross-slab, dates to the eighth century AD. Its imagery powerfully symbolises the authority of the Christian church. The whole is dominated by the ring-headed cross that fills…
The Old Fort or Gereza (prison) in Kilwa Kisiwani situated along the coast of southern Tanzania was built by the Portuguese in 1505. This build which has two towers were meant to protect the interest of Portuguese after they had conquered Kilwa…
In 2020, we collaborated with the Scapa Flow Museum in Orkney. The museum was closed for redevelopment, with a new extension being built and a reopening to the public on the 2nd of July 2022. Working from the museum's extensive archive of photos and…
The small village of Cramond, on the edge of Edinburgh, is one of Scotland’s most important archaeological sites. People have lived in and around Cramond for at least ten thousand years.
In the Mesolithic era, hunter-gatherers camped here, taking…
The Castra Praetoria served as the barracks of the Praetorian Guard from 23 AD to 312 AD. Built under the orders of Emperor Tiberius, it was a fortified military camp designed specifically to house the Guard. Strategically located on the Northeastern…
The Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable variety and beauty on the north-east coast of Australia. It contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs, with 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusc. It also…
Qiyi Glacier, 116 km southwest of Jiayuguan City in Gansu Province, China, on the northern slopes of the Torai Mountains in the Qilian Mountains. It is the closest viewable glacier in Asia to the city, but is shrinking in recent years.
Once upon a time, the Crescent Moon Spring was more like a lake where people could raft, situated by the Mingsha Mountain, next to the village.
Since the 1960s, the water level of the Crescent Moon Spring has fallen dramatically, and by 1998 the…
This site represents the architectural core of what was once a bustling early twentieth-century “gentleman’s” farm complex.
The farmstead, as it appears today, was laid out in a courtyard plan by Hoagland Gates around 1929. Architecturally,…
A collaborative project between ourselves and the Whithorn Trust. Whithorn embodies the history of Christian belief, power and practice in Scotland. A sacred place for Christians from at least the 600s, the cult of St Ninian flourished here for over…
This reconstruction of Glasgow is based on the models available here https://data.glasgow.gov.uk/pages/3d-urban-model under the Open Government License and provided by Glasgow City Council. The models were added to and aligned with a terrain. Water…
Camp Nelson, located in southern Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States, was the United States' third-largest recruitment centre for African American troops and a refuge for Black women and children searching for their freedom during the Civil…
A virtual dive experience based on the area around Bass Rock. There are a number of scenes with different wildlife. Starting with the island with the Gannets, then underwater with fish and further out with Kelp. There are also Whales and Dolphins.