11 September 2010

Conference to be held at Perth Concert Hall

£10/day / £15 for both days (concessions £7.50 / £10)

Bookings from www.horsecross.co.uk or 10738 621031

Programme

Friday, 10th September

´Before the Burgh: the first 15,000 years´ - David Strachan

´800 years under your feet - the archaeology of medieval Perth´ - Derek Hall

´War, famine and disease: Perth in the Middle Ages´ - Richard Oram

´Perth and the Parliaments 1300 - 1707´ - Alan R MacDonald

´Our town may not be ordered like other burghs: Perth in the era of the Reformation´ - Mary Verschuur

´Perth in the era of the Enlightenment´ - Christopher Whatley

Sunday:

´Perth on the map - a cartographic voyage through time´ - Chris Fleet

´The Englification of Perth´ - Charles McKean

´Benefactors of Perth´ - Rhoda Fothergill

´The History and Legacy of Arthur Bell & Sons´ - Alia Campbell

´Dewar´s Perth Whisky: the origin of a global brand´ - Jacqui Seargeant

´Risky Business: a history of General Accident´ - Susan Payne

´The Future for Perth´s Past´ - Roland Bean
 

11 September 2010

Forestry Commission Scotland plan to run a small exploratory excavation at Craggie in Glen Oykel (NC 33617 05152). The dig will be supervised by John Atkinson of GUARD and overseen by Matt Ritchie of FCS. They are looking for volunteers for the long weekend of 10th -13th September. There will be an open day for Scottish Archaeology Month on Saturday the 10th. No experience necessary

Contact: Matt Ritchie, Forestry Commission Scotland.
Tel: 01463 252 635  matthew.ritchie@forestry.gsi.gov.uk