Our final visit of the day was to the Oakes family who run a sustainable scallop farm on Skye, Sconser Scallops. We met David and Alison and their son Ben who is also a scallop diver in their home and gave a short presentation about the SAMPHIRE project.

David has over 30 years of experience exploring the seafloor around Skye and has often worked with the Clan Donald Museum to preserve artefacts he has discovered. All of the Oakes family had an extensive knowledge of the area and we left with several exciting archaeological discoveries which we hope to investigate further this year.