The dig started on the 19th of May 2001 and continued until the end of July 2001. During this time the public, school parties and other groups enjoyed guided tours of the site, saw our on-site archaeological exhibition, entered the children's competition to date the site and observed the archaeologists in action.

Normally archaeologists have only enough time and money to investigate a little part of a site. However, the high level of support by Capital Shopping Centres means that this is one of very few sites in Scotland where all of the site was excavated and by the end of the 10 week dig the enclosure had been shown to consist at least five roundhouses. At least 8 different palisades were identified as well as two mystery structures on the west side of the site, the function of these is currently unknown.

From the initial results we have been able to develop an initial interpretation of the site regarding how the architecture of the site has changed with time. But this is only the beginning of the archaeological process and there is still much work to be done

See a summary of the excavation results and our initial interpretation of the site and find out what post-excavation work is currently going on to discover more about the Braehead Enclosure and the people who built and used the site.