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Madison Reavis will be speaking at our 2026 TAFAC Conference on 'Excavations at Methil Mill: Community-Led Investigations into the Industrial Heritage of the River Leven'.
October 8, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Hello! TAFAC has migrated to Bluesky. We'd like to announce our new journal for 2024 (TAFAJ 30) was published in December and you can read it online for free, along with loads of other journals from past years. Please enjoy - for free www.tafac.org.uk/category/pub...
January 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Tickets for the 2026 TAFAC Conference , 7 November 2026 available here:

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Recent Archaeological work in Tayside and Fife 2026
Join us in person or online to hear the latest news of some of the amazing archaeology going on in Perth & Kinross, Angus and Fife
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October 8, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Great to discover TAFAC @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social here, highly respected, dynamic Scottish archaeology society. Recordings of their 2024 conference here, including my presentation about the surprising results from the #dendrochronology of #medieval coffin boards from Whitefriars in Perth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Videos of the 2024 TAFAC Conference speakers, filmed by the lovely Doug Rocks MacQueen, now linked on our website here: www.tafac.org.uk/category/con...
March 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Alison Beach will be speaking at our 2026 TAFAC Conference on 'History in Our Bones: Uncovering Stories of Disability Across Time', exploring disability and embodied difference across the life course. Accompanies the exhibition at McManus Galleries, featuring a Pictish woman from Lundin Links.
October 8, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Cullen Cockburn wil be speaking at our 2026 TAFAC Conference on 'Excavations at Aberlemno 3: No stone left unturned'

Following storm damage to Aberlemno Stone 3 in 2025, a small hand excavation was carried out by AOC beneath the stone uncovering a robbing cut, two small pits and some small finds.
October 8, 2026 at 11:33 AM
As we're new here, you might not know what TAFAC does. As well as publications, we hold an annual conference on new archaeological discoveries. We'll share videos of our last conference in Perth soon, but here are some of our previous ones all the way back to 2016 www.tafac.org.uk/category/con...
January 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
At TAFAC Conference 2025, we'll have Tertia Barnett from PKHT speaking about 'The Lost Stones of Strath Tay: community excavation of prehistoric rock art'
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Richard Oram and Lucy Dean will be speaking at our 2026 TAFAC Conference. At last, the project investigating the site of Scotland's only Carthusian monastery, founded in Perth in 1429 by King James I, has moved from desk-based research and geophysics to excavation. Key discoveries will be announced!
October 8, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Kate Britton's talk at our 2026 TAFAC Conference: 'Stepping through the sands of time: discovery, rescue archaeology and analysis of the prehistoric footprint site at Lunan Bay, Angus’ : discovery, analysis and implications of Scotland’s first prehistoric footprint site.
September 25, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Hannah Boyd will be speaking at the TAFAC 2026 conference on Saturday 7 November. She’ll be sharing insights into the Forth Valley & Fife and North East Scotland Archaeological Research Frameworks.
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Recent Archaeological work in Tayside and Fife 2026
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September 25, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Videos of the 2024 TAFAC Conference speakers, filmed by the lovely Doug Rocks MacQueen, now linked on our website here: www.tafac.org.uk/category/con...
February 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Looking forward to meeting up with all our exhibitors at the next TAFAC Conference on Saturday, 1 November in Glenrothes. For friendly archaeological chats and information, bargain books and quirky gifts, our lovely stallholders are getting ready to meet you.
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Anne Marot will be speaking at the TAFAC 2025 Conference on 1 Nov, in Glenrothes, on 'The Mystery of St Monan’s Church: post-medieval burials in Inverarity, Angus'
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
1st archaeological activity after Fife translocation - #TAFAC conference www.tafac.org.uk/category/con... in Perth Great wide ranging presentations- #Hillforts #Roman Towers #Dendrochronology #Communitysrchaeology …here’s the cake case at The Artisan Espresso &Wine Bar round the corner 😍
November 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM
‘Dancing in the Ruins’-Season 2 of the Monastic Archaeology Field School at Lindores Abbey - Derek Hall's talk at our upcoming TAFAC Conference, 1 Nov, Glenrothes and online

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October 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
At the TAFAC Conference 2025, 1 Nov in Glenrothes, AOC's Steven Watt will be talking about 'More from Recent(ish) Excavations at Upper Victoria, Carnoustie: A Post-excavation Update and a Trifecta of Souterrains'
Photo (c) AOC: overhead shot of souterrains

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September 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Derek Hall will be speaking at our 7 Nov 2026 TAFAC Conference: ‘Idleness is the enemy of the soul’. Season 3 of the Monastic Archaeology Field School at Lindores Abbey'
Five new trenches were opened: what information do they provide on the operation of the Tironensian Abbey of Lindores in Fife?
September 25, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Speakers and their speaks at our 2025 TAFAC Conference, 1 Nov, Glenrothes, Fife:
October 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
⚪TAFAC Conference 2026⚪
Saturday 7th November
James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie

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#Fife #history #archaeology
Recent Archaeological work in Tayside and Fife 2026
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October 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Some more of 'Tayside's Treasures' to be featured at the 2025 TAFAC Conference in Glenrothes, 1 November
October 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
At our TAFAC Conference on 1 Nov in Glenrothes, Colm Moloney will be speaking on 'Discoveries along the banks of the Tay: archaeological investigations in advance of the A9 Dualling: Tay Crossing to Ballinluig project’
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Who'll be there:
TAFAC
AOC Archaeology
Abertay Hist Soc
Perthshire Soc of Natural Sciences
Historic Environment Scotland
GUARD Archaeology
S.W.A.C.S.
ScARF/ Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Archaeology Scotland
Dunkeld Archives
Museum of Abernethy
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust
Saline Heritage
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
At the upcoming TAFAC Conference on 2 November in Perth, Derek Hall will be speaking about ‘The Church by the water’ – Reflections on Season 1 of the University of St Andrews Monastic Field school at Lindores Abbey, Fife.
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November 1, 2024 at 2:08 PM
At our TAFAC conference on 1 Nov 2025, we'll be showcasing 'Tayside Treasures', objects curated by members of Tayside Museums Forum. 'A Cornucopia of Objects from across Tayside’s Museums' is presented by Lara Haggerty, Dorothy Jones, Angus MacIntyre, Jamie Kunka, Christina Donald and Mark Hall.
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM