Description of Region
Dumfries and Galloway is an area rich in archaeology. From
scatters of flints worked by the first settlers in the area, some
8,000 years ago, though to Second World War airfields and
Prisoners-Of-War camps, there are over 22,000 known sites in the
region.
Finds from all over the region are stored, curated and displayed
by the Museum Service in four local museums at Annan, Dumfries,
Kirkcudbright and Stranraer. The archaeological collections of the
museum are of national importance.
Learn more about the following time periods in Dumfries &
Galloway by clicking the links below:
The Mesolithic
The Neolithic
The Bronze
Age
The Iron Age
The Early Medieval
The Vikings
The Medieval Era