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The Society organises monthly archaeological talks in St. Andrews from October to June. Cost is £10

16/10/2026

We’d like to thank our Mitford speaker Mike Parker Pearson for a very interesting and thought-provoking talk on the mysteries of Stonehenge and its wider landscape. It was a great turnout!

Next month (12th November) we stay in the Neolithic / Bronze Age but we’re moving to western Scotland, with Sharon Webb talking about the prehistory of Kilmartin Glen (link in the comments).

St Andrews School of History
School of Classics, University of St Andrews
Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee (TAFAC)
Kilmartin Museum
UCL Institute of Archaeology

01/10/2026

Reminder next Thursday, 8th October, at 18:00 for 18:30 at Lower Parliament Hall,66 South Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9QW…
the speaker at this event will be Professor Mike Parker Pearson of University College London on Stonehenge: exploring the mystery.

For more information and for the full list of talks for 2026-27 see...
https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/programme/

Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee (TAFAC)
St Andrews Museum
School of Classics, University of St Andrews
St Andrews School of History
The Pictish Arts Society
Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk
Save Wemyss Ancient Caves Society (S.W.A.C.S.)

16/09/2026

The new season of talks starts with the Mitford Memorial Lecture on Thursday 8th October at 6 p.m. in Parliament Hall on South Street - the speaker at this event will be Professor Mike Parker Pearson of University College London on Stonehenge: exploring the mystery.

For the list of 2026-27 talks see our events page...
https://www.facebook.com/St.AndrewsUniversityArchaeologySociety/events

Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee (TAFAC)
St Andrews Museum
School of Classics, University of St Andrews
St Andrews School of History
The Pictish Arts Society
Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk
Save Wemyss Ancient Caves Society (S.W.A.C.S.)

10/07/2026

YOU WILL NOT PASS
this latest anti-tank cube graffiti discovery is perhaps the most remarkable of all. Etched into the concrete is (a mispelt!) famous anti-fascist slogan "NO PASSARAN" alongside a cartoon-like sketch of an enemy soldier with a high collar - perhaps General Franco himself.
Could its creator have fought in the Spanish Civil War before returning home to defend Britain's coast at Tentsmuir? With volunteers from Dundee and Fife among those who travelled to Spain in the 1930s, it is certainly a possibility.
This extraordinary piece of graffiti, preserved for more than 80 years, is another glimpse into the lives, experiences and humour of the auxiliary soldiers stationed here.
Read more in the BBC story , link in the comments below>>>

Historic Environment Scotland St Andrews School of History Royal Pioneer Corps Association University of St. Andrews Archaeological Society Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee (TAFAC) Imperial War Museum London

07/05/2026

Reminder - on Thursday, 14th May at 18:00 at SCHOOL 1, St Salvator's Quad, North Street, St Andrews, Fife.

TOM ADDYMAN, ADDYMAN ARCHAEOLOGY, SIMPSON & BROWN ARCHITECTS

Clestrain Hall was built in the 1760s and was the childhood home of arctic explorer John Rae. It is an exceptional survival of Georgian architecture and is currently being restored.

For more information see...
https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/the-hall-of-clestrain-orkney/

Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee (TAFAC)
St Andrews Museum@
School of Classics, University of St Andrews
St Andrews School of History
The Pictish Arts Society
Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk
Save Wemyss Ancient Caves Society (S.W.A.C.S.)

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