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The Big Dig 2021 — Day 3

The Big Dig 2021 — Day 3

Progress Report, Day 3.  We knew from 2018 that it would take several days of patient trowelling to reach our goal: the Early Church cemetery.  This year we have been speeded along the way by Andy Hough, who removed the turf from three long trenches with his digger. ...

The Big Dig 2021

The Big Dig 2021

The Big Dig 4-25 September 2021 Clare Ellis, accompanied by the bone expert Angela Boyle, is coming back to Lismore to complete the work we started at the Church Glebe in 2018, exploring the Early Church burials. This year's dig will run from 4-25 September 2021 and...

Introducing Our Archaeologists

Introducing Our Archaeologists

Exploring Moluag’s Monastery on Lismore, September 2021 Our Archaeologists: Dr Clare Ellis, Argyll Archaeology and Dr Angela Boyle   Burial Archaeologist Clare will be leading our dig again this year.  The partnership started in 2015 when she supervised the lifting...

The Heritage Centre Roof

The Heritage Centre Roof

Sedum Roof The centre was designed to have a living roof of grass . Grass or wild flower roofs need a depth of soil which the roof was not designed to support. Instead the roof had thin lawn turf laid over an irrigation system. This failed for a variety of reasons and...

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