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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Archaeologists to excavate Glasgow skatepark – with help from skaters

Skateboarders in Kelvingrove park
Skateboarders in Kelvingrove park, Glasgow in 2020. Kelvin Wheelies opened in 1978 and hosted the first Scottish Skateboard Championships. Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose/The Observer

Scotland’s first outdoor skatepark – currently buried beneath rubble in Glasgow’s Kelvingrove park – will be excavated next week in an attempt to preserve its legacy.

Archaeologists at the University of Glasgow are inviting volunteers to join them as they begin their excavation and survey work at the former Kelvin Wheelies park, which has been underground for more than three decades.

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