Last chance to pick up tickets for tomorrow's 'In Conversation with Alan Dimmick'. Expect an amazing interview and audience Q&A. 🕑 Date: Saturday 15th August, 2026 • 2:00pm 📍 Govan Old, 866 Govan Rd, Glasgow ⛪️ 🎟 FREE tickets available on Eventbrite 🔗 LINK in comments ⤵️

⛏️🪨⛪️ Were some Viking-Age tombstones at the Govan Stones carved to look like box-like 'corner-post' shrines? #Archaeology #History #Scotland #Govan #Glasgow

📸🔥Get your free ticket here for next Saturday's event 'In Conversation with @alandimmick.bsky.social ' Interview followed by Q&A. 🕑 Date: Sat 15 Aug, 2026 • 2:00pm 📍 Govan Old, 866 Govan Rd, Glasgow ⛪️ 🎟 FREE tickets available on Eventbrite 🔗 LINK in comments ⤵️ Photo copyright of Alan Dimmick

🛒 In-Store Exclusive! Get your limited edition Mithril Jewellery x @archaeoptics.bsky.social Sterling Silver Jordanhill Cross pendant at Govan Old, based on a laser scan of the original Viking-Age carved stone.

🗣 In this Govan Early Medieval Podcast clip, we explain how we know Govan Old, home of the Govan Stones, is a remarkable 1,500 years old! 🔗 Links to the full episode in the comments ⤵️

⛏️ 🪏 TODAY! Free, Live Archaeology in our 1,500-year-old churchyard at Govan Old! Saturday 8th August Sunday 9th August 11am-4pm

⛏️ 🪏 See the LIVE DIG in our 1,500-year-old churchyard today, tomorrow, and Sunday! Friday 7th, Saturday 8th, Sunday 9th August 11am-4pm | Free to see!

🚨🪏 NEWS! We're digging our 1,500-year-old graveyard this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! Come see the Govan Heritage Trust dig and survey of Govan Old's ancient kirkyard between 11am and 4pm on Friday 7th, Saturday 8th, and Sunday 9th of August, 2026.

We're pretty excited about this event! We'll be joined by acclaimed photographer Alan Dimmick - famous for documenting the contemporary art and music scene of Glasgow since the 1990s. 🕑 Saturday 15th August, 2026 • 2:00pm 📍 Govan Old 🎟 FREE tickets available on Eventbrite 🔗 LINK in comments ⤵️

🐖🪨⛏️ HOGBACKS! From next weekend, ALL our hogbacks will be available as 3D minis from @archaeoptics.bsky.social. 🛍 In-store only, limited numbers 🛒 Weekend is 8th - 9th of August, 2026.

🎼 This Saturday: Enjoy the museum with ambient lute music from Clamour of Rooks! ⏰️ 11:30am to 2pm 👕 CoR t-shirts will be on sale! £20 large and x-large. Double-sided screen print, fruit of the loom high quality shirts 💳

🐕 Alfie, a Very Good Boy, visited his fellow pooch, as carved on the 1,100-year-old Govan Sarcophagus' hunting scene! Can you spot our Viking Age pup? 🐶 🔍

🗣 📖 TODAY! FREE talk with bestselling Little Kingdoms author, Alex Harvey, at 4:30pm. No need to book, just turn up! 📍 Govan Old ⛪️

📖 SUNDAY, 19th July! Join Alex Harvey to learn about early medieval Britain's 'Little Kingdoms'. FREE, 4:30pm on Sunday 19th July at the Govan Stones. Part of the Govan Book Festival 📚 📍 Govan Stones Museum, Govan Old ⛪️ 🕑 Sunday 19th July, 4.30pm 🗣 @alexharvv.bsky.social

🤺 We're excited to welcome The Vanguard Centre to this Saturday's archaeology and games day. Throughout the day, the team will be putting on live historical combat displays and younger visitors can become part of a viking warband! ⚔️ 📍Govan Stones Museum, Govan Old 🕑 Sat 18th July, 11am - 4pm

🪏 The only place in Glasgow to see LIVE EARLY MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY all weekend!

And we're on for a terrific weekend of archaeology and games! FREE, 11am- 4pm! Saturday 18th July • Live dig • Sword fighting demos • Miniature painting and Warhammer • Games, riddles and scavenger hunt • Sunday, 4:30pm – FREE TALK, Alex Harvey’s ‘Little Kingdoms' (early medieval mania)

⛏️ Oops We Dig It Again See LIVE archaeology excavations in our 1,500-year-old kirkyard, this Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July!

💥 What a weekend of the 18th and 19th of July you'll have at the Govan Stones and Govan Old churchyard!

❄️🌬️⛄️❄️It's wonderfully cool at Govan Old today. Come on down and hide from the cruel sun! We've still still got some FREE tickets available for this afternoon's book festival event. Please feel free to come along for 2:00pm😍 Free tickets in comments below. Saturday 11th of July 2026, 2pm.

⚡️⚡️'A chillingly Gothic tale that is exquisitely written' TOBI COVENTRY. Book lovers – this event’s for you. Some stories stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page.⚡️⚡️ 📕Free tickets! – 🔗reserve yours via the link in the comments. We’d love to see you there!

🤠☠️♟️⚔️July Event Update! We have a bonanza of archaeology, sword-fighting workshops, gaming activities, miniature painting, natural heritage and Govan Book Festival events ⚔️☠️🤠🎲 More details on our website and comments below. #warhammer #bookworms #earlymedieval #vikings

🎟 SOLD OUT! 📚 Govan Book Festival 🗣 Peter Ross - Upon a White Horse - 2pm, Saturday 4th July 📍 Govan Old, Glasgow @peteralanross.bsky.social

🎟 We've released more FREE tickets, but they're also selling out! See @peteralanross.bsky.social talk about his book, Upon a White Horse, this Saturday 4th July, 2pm, at Govan Old. 📚 Get your free tickets before they're all gone! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/upon-a-whi...

🚨 Only a few tickets remain for our Peter Ross 'Upon a White Horse' Govan Book Festival event! 📚 🗣 Upon a White Horse: An Interview and Q&A with bestselling author, @peteralanross.bsky.social 🕑 Date: 4th July, 2026 • 2pm 📍 Govan Old ⛪️ 🎟 Limited FREE tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/upon-a-whi...

👀 Check out the changes in the best wee Viking Age museum shop in the world! 🛍

⛏️🪨⚰️ The Govan Sarcophagus is the star of the latest Govan Stones on Sunday!

☀️ Be cool, and visit the Govan Stones this week! We've got a few scorchers coming up over the next few days, so do come see our stunning collection of early medieval carved stone sculpture from the lost kingdom of the Clyde Britons in the blissfully cool A-listed Govan Old ⛪️

⛏️ Come see the live dig in our 1,500-year-old kirkyard, THIS SUNDAY, the 14th of June!