Have we just found the first sign of a monumental early medieval gateway guarding the grand Viking-Age processional way into Govan Old?

Seemingly constructed at the time the Govan Stones were being carved at the Christian heart of the the Strathclyde Britons' kingdom, this season's find of a massive posthole with impressively large, and extremely intriguing, packing stones 1 metre to the north of the roadway discovered as part of the 1996/7 Time Team episode is of enormous significance.

Listen to Govan Early Medieval's Annemarie⁩ Franz chat to Professor Steve Driscoll of University of Glasgow Archaeology to find out the latest on this amazing find and what it means for our understanding of Govan Old and Strathclyde in the years around AD 900.

The 2025 dig was a University of Glasgow Archaeology Field School that was held in conjunction with Clyde Archaeology.

The episode image is by Bex Simpson.