16 September 2010

Scotland's Rural Past Skills Training Workshop to be held at RCAHMS in Edinburgh.

Description:

Preparing drawings for publication: special workshop focusing on draughting skills for archaeological survey plans. The workshop will cover completing field drawings and inking up plans for publication using manual and digital techniques. A one-day session indoors.

A maximum of 12 people can be accommodated on each course.

For further information and to book, see the SRP website. Help with travel expenses is available.

16 September 2010

Brora’s contribution to Scotland’s salt industry

Talk by Janet Hooper and Jacquie Aitken, Clyne Heritage Society

Fortrose Community Theatre

Sponsor: Groam House Museum
Admission: £4 (members £2)

16 September 2010

Final season of the dig at Birnie, near Elgin, where an impressive iron and Pictish settlement site has been the subject of assessment and excavation since 1998, led by Fraser Hunter of the National Museums of Scotland. The site was a local power centre which has produced a rich range of buildings and finds.

Volunteers are welcome, as long as they commit to a miniumum of 3 days. The excavations take place Sunday through Friday, with no work on Saturdays. Spaces are limited and must be booked in advance to allow planning. Please contact Fraser on 0131 247 4053 (and leave a message) or e-mail f.hunter@nms.ac.uk.

16 September 2010

Exploring Your Local Heritage

Dunbar Memorial Hall, Auldearn

Thursdays, 2nd September-7th October

10.30am-12.30pm

Description:

Interested in your past but confused about what happened when? Find out about the heritage in your area, from the earliest settlers to recent remains. Informal and lively, this six session course assumes no previous knowledge.

All welcome. Help with childcare may be available - contact us.

Cost: £2.00 / £1.00 optional senior rate / free to those on benefits.

Please book ahead on info@archhighland.org.uk or phone 01349 865230.

16 September 2010

Oral History and Archaeology for Black Isle Communities

Talk by Susan Kruse of ARCH

West End Church Hall, High Street, Cromarty

Sponsor: Cromarty History Society.

Free to members; £2 for non-members. For further details see their website.
 

16 September 2010

'Now that's what I call an excavation: the underground
WW2 oil tanks at Inchindown, near Invergordon'

Talk by Allan Kilpatrick (RCAHMS)

Brora Community Centre

Sponsored by Clyne Heritage Society. Lectures are open to all and there is usually a raffle (donations always welcome) - refreshments and admission are free.

Description:

A truly fascinating talk, giving a glimpse into ordinary and military life in those dark days of the 1940s. Allan Kilpatrick, a native of Conon Bridge, went to Dingwall Academy, before graduating from Glasgow University in 1990 with an honours degree in Archaeology. He has worked for the Royal Commission since he graduated. His passion is for WW2 military remains and he has investigated the little-known, immense and long since forgotten secret underground oil tanks above Invergordon.