Artefacts and Inspirations

If you come across anything that you think might be an artefact from the past, please inform the nearest local museum or the National Museums of Scotland as soon as possible.Wherever possible, archaeological discoveries in peat should be left where they are to permit professional assessment of the context of the discovery. The temptation to lift or remove objects should be resisted, as the manner of their deposition may be significant, or it may be possible to throw light on the contemporary environment by sampling the undisturbed basal soil or peat associated with the find. As a general rule therefore, the object should be left in as undisturbed a condition as possible, until professional advice or assistance can be obtained; where an object has already been removed or in cases where removal is unavoidable, the object(s) should be kept in a state approximating as nearly as possible to the condition in which it was found, and any further handling avoided. In all cases, every effort should be made to record details of the find (circumstances of discovery, position etc).