Biggar Archaeology Group (BAG)
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Biggar Archaeology Group is a volunteer archaeology group working in Biggar and Upper Clydesdale in South Lanarkshire, running since 1981. It carries out excavation, survey and fieldwalking, and publishes its own reports: around seventy-five excavation and survey reports are available through its website, the earliest from the 1990s and the most recent dated March 2026. Its projects have included prehistoric settlement sites, Roman and medieval remains and post-medieval bastle houses, and its finds and interpretation are displayed at Biggar Museum. The group works with the Peeblesshire Archaeological Society and South Lanarkshire Council on churchyard and burial ground surveys, and its fieldwork has been supported over the years by grants from local authorities, community bodies and the national heritage agency.
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Yes
Offers funding
No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
Founding year
1981
Contact details
156 High Street
Biggar
South Lanarkshire
ML12 6DH
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Biggar Museum Trust runs the Biggar Museum in South Lanarkshire, collecting and recording the archaeology and social history of Biggar and Upper Clydesdale across some 14,000 years. Registered as a ch… read more about Biggar Museum Trust
156 High Street
Biggar
South Lanarkshire
ML12 6DH
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Peeblesshire Archaeological Society
Peeblesshire Archaeological Society was formed in 1994 to study the archaeology and history of Tweeddale in the Scottish Borders. It ran its own excavation at Shootinglee from 2012 to 2022, publishing… read more about Peeblesshire Archaeological Society
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Additional Partnerships
South Lanarkshire Council
Last modified:
2026-09-30 08:30:29