Wigtownshire - University of Glasgow's Community Archaeology Project in Inch

University of Glasgow's Community Archaeology Project in Inch

Discovering Dumfries and Galloway's Past. In September a group worked with Giles Carey doing a geo-physics survey of the area to the north of the motte at Innermessan between Stranraer and Cairnryan. It is a site with a very long history - from early mesolithic ancestors, about 10,000 years ago to a medieval town, now disappeared, which in its time was more important than Stranraer. The funding for the first phase of the study is until February 2013, but it's hoped that once the geo-physics investigations have taken place, further funding will enable a more thorough investigation over a three-year period.

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