by islayheritage | 7 Feb, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sarah Lambert-Gates is an archaeologist who has working with Islay Heritage and the University of Reading at the excavations of Dunyvaig and Rubha Port an t-Seilich since 2017. She is well known not only for her excavation and digital recording skills, but also for...
by islayheritage | 6 Feb, 2022 | Uncategorized
There are over 50 duns on Islay – circular stone built structures often located on the tops of crags or coastal promontories. These were built during the Iron Age, probably in a response to climate change and population pressure. Whether they were all constructed at...
by islayheritage | 1 Feb, 2022 | Uncategorized
There are no foxes but plenty of geese on Islay today. But both were present in the 16th period as pieces in medieval board game known as ‘fox and geese’. The 2021 excavations at Dunyvaig Castle discovered large slabs of slate engraved with criss-cross diagonal lines...
by islayheritage | 6 Oct, 2017 | Uncategorized
Please visit the new Kildalton Chapel Project page. Here you will find a link to the digital model of the 13th century chapel. Follow that link and walk around and into Kildalton Chapel as it was 800 years ago: see the altar and the doom paintings on the barrel...
by islayheritage | 6 Oct, 2017 | Uncategorized
Our website has been updated. Please tour our website to explore how Islay Heritage is furthering knowledge about Islay’s past, and the many ways in which it can be explored and enjoyed by everyone. We try to keep the website updated as frequently as possible to keep...
