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The Big Dig 2022 — Day 6

The Big Dig 2022 — Day 6

Lashing rain and brilliant sunshine, but the diggers battled on, undaunted even when they were deprived of their afternoon hot drink by a power cut at the manse Here are some of the pieces of clay mould used by the metal workers.  A rare finding of a fragment of glass...

The Big Dig 2022 — Day 5

The Big Dig 2022 — Day 5

In spite of the continued battle with rain and mud, each day has been a success – with today the most remarkable so far. Early in the work in the east end of the trench, after a very wet start, two more almost intact crucibles emerged from the peaty mud. Clare emailed...

The Big Dig 2022 — Day 3

The Big Dig 2022 — Day 3

A (nearly) dry day at last, allowing the team to clear the “funnelled” entrance to the roundhouse, and explore the internal structures.   Arguing from roundhouses elsewhere, the Lismore house would have had a low circular/oval drystone wall, possibly topped with...

The Big Dig 2022 — Day 1

The Big Dig 2022 — Day 1

Work will start on Saturday (21 May – 1 June) on what we hope will be the concluding investigation of the Early Church site at Clachan, establishing the age and significance of the two mysterious built structures in the low-lying rushy part of the glebe (prehistoric,...

Address

Ionad Naomh Moluag
Isle of Lismore
By Oban PA34 5UL

Contact

+44 (0)1631 760030 lismoremuseum@btconnect.com

Visit

Open daily 11:00–16:00
April to October