Professional Archaeological Contracors
If you are a developer undertaking fieldwork associated with a planning application, you should approach a professional archaeological contracting company. The West of Scotland Archaeology Service maintains an informal list of contracting companies working in the area covered by our member Councils.
Local Authority Curators
If you are a developer or archaeological contractor undertaking fieldwork working in another Council area, you should contact the relevant Local Authority Curator.
- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire, Moray and Angus
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian and Mid Lothian
- Edinburgh City
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Highland
- Orkney
- Perth and Kinross
- Scottish Borders
- Shetland
- Stirling and Clackmannanshire
- Western Isles (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar)
Local Societies
- Association of Certificated Field Archaeologists (AFCA)
- Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society
- Biggar Archaeology Group
- Buteshire Natural History Society
- Cowal Archaeological & Historical Society
- Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society
- Glasgow Archaeological Society
- Kintyre Antiquarian & Natural History Society
- Lanark & District Archaeology Society
- Lorn Archaeological Society
- Natural History & Antiquarian Society of Mid Argyll
- Mull Historical and Archaeological Society
- Renfrewshire Local History Forum
- Scottish Place-Name Society
If you are a member of an archaeological group or society that is not listed above, please email WoSAS if you would like details of your organisation to be made available.
National Bodies
- Association of Local Government Archaeology Officers (ALGAO)
- Historic Scotland
- Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
- Archaeology Scotland
- Council for British Archaeology
- National Trust for Scotland
- Council for Independent Archaeology
- RESCUE - The British Archaeological Trust
Academic Departments
- Archaeology Data Service at the University of York
- Glasgow University Archaeology Department
- Edinburgh University Archaeology Department
- Archaeology at St Andrews
- Aberdeen University Archaeology Department
- University of the Highlands and Islands
Museums
Other Resources
- Morlaggan Rural Settlement Group
- Finlaggan - The Centre of the Lordship of the Isles
- Informing the Future of the Past
- British Archaeological Jobs Resource
- Current Archaeology Magazine
- Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion (SCAPE)
- Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN)
- ASPIRE Protocol
- The Glasgow Story
- Inverclyde Shipbuilding & Engineering