22 August 2026

Catch a glimpse of Dingwall through the 20th century, and possibly a little earlier, with photographs, costume, artefacts, and stories. Help identify events, people and places from the Dingwall Museum archive. Everyone is invited to bring photos of buildings, streets, businesses, green space lost to development, people at home, work and recreation, Dingwall in the war years, work outings, civic or school events; newspaper cuttings; your own family anecdotes, and tales of Dingwall’s past. The Reminiscence Café is set up by Dingwall Community Development Company in collaboration with Dingwall Museum.

Sat 22 August and Sat 19 September – more details on venues and times to come - check out the Dingwall 800 website

22 August 2026

 Day of the Picts, Burghead Open Day

Burghead Visitor Centre

Excavations by U. of Aberdeen are continuing at Burghead this year.  The open day will feature stone carving, metalworking, leather crafting, mask making, pottery, tours of the dig, geophyics demonstrations, display of artefacts

22 August 2026

Guided Walk: Achtercairn Archaeology Trail 

Led by Jeremy Fenton

Organised by Galirloch Museum, where the walk starts and finishes. Please book ahead of time and meet by 1:30pm. Further details and bookings from the Museum website.

This Guided Walk will take us past ten stone circles (remains of Atlantic Roundhouses) and many other features including wildlife and wonderful scenery. The walk is roughly two miles long, lasting around two hours on rough paths.