Public transportation options are available nearby
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.<br>If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.<br>If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
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Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Most travelers can participate
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Not wheelchair accessible
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This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers
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Infants must sit on laps
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Are you ready to turn your hobbies into a business?
All our tours are led by professional archaeologists who give you an insight into the past that is different from regular history tours. With a maximum of 6 participants and 2 tour guides, Your tours are intimate and engaging, allowing you to ask questions and delve deeper. We take you through the archaeological skills used to identify & record heritage sites, giving you the opportunity to ‘have a go’.
With ancient maps, photos of excavations & gems of information, your tours offer something different & guarantee that you will be leaving with a lot more than you started with. By taking part you will directly support local Heritage Societies & Trusts whose sites will be front & centre of yo...
Highlights
3 days
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
3 days
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast
Alcoholic Drinks
Meeting Points
Departure
Tweedbank Railway Station Car Park
Our guides will meet you at the pickup/dropoff point
Return
Archaeology Tour in the Scottish Borders
Melrose
About
All our tours are led by professional archaeologists who give you an insight into the past that is different from regular history tours. With a maximum of 6 participants and 2 tour guides, Your tours are intimate and engaging, allowing you to ask questions and delve deeper. We take you through the archaeological skills used to identify & record heritage sites, giving you the opportunity to ‘have a go’.
With ancient maps, photos of excavations & gems of information, your tours offer something different & guarantee that you will be leaving with a lot more than you started with. By taking part you will directly support local Heritage Societies & Trusts whose sites will be front & centre of yo...
Highlights
3 days
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
3 days
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast
Alcoholic Drinks
Meeting Points
Departure
Tweedbank Railway Station Car Park
Our guides will meet you at the pickup/dropoff point
Return
Itinerary
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Be an Archaeologist!
2 Stops
1
Tweedbank
Meet at Tweedbank Railway Station followed by a scenic drive to Hume Castle, passing by the impressive Smailholm Tower.
1 hour
2
Hume Castle
Hume Castle, Village and Kirkyard Tour: an imposing Victorian folly built on the ruins of an impressive medieval castle and an important location in the Rough Wooing of the 16th century.
Learn how to do a landscape survey, identify and record archaeological monuments, take photographs like an archaeologist, read a map and record a gravestone, and take the first steps into family history research.
