OUT & ABOUT FEB - MAR, 2015

Table of Contents Dear Friend DIG IT! 2015 So much to do and see! February and March CONFERENCES are busy months despite some dodgy weather Training for Heritage so, thankfully, a lot of what is on offer is Organisations indoors. FREE ONLINE COURSE Take a read and if you go to any of the events EXHIBITIONS highlighted here why not drop us a line and tell Useful Websites us what you thought. Popular Newsletters If you have an event, course, exhibition or new Upcoming Workshops publication you would like to share with us all TALKS AND LECTURES do tell us about it. The deadline for the next Walks & Outings edition is 14 March 2015. Click here to send Archaeology Courses the details. More useful websites We keep trying to improve the way we share National & Regional Organisations information with you but if you have any comments or suggestions about this newsletter then do get in touch. Quick Links Our Website Donate Now Upcoming Workshops Email Us Various Dates 6, 13, 20, 27 February 2015 DIG IT! 2015 Strathpeffer Memories and Microchips Archaeology is for everyone. Back by popular demand but with a new twist! It’s about you, me and all the Previous sessions in Strathpeffer have gathered people who’ve gone before us. It’s a huge amount of material relating to the about identities and a sense of village. In these new sessions delivered by belonging. It’s about getting Susan Kruse of ARCH, organised by Strathpeffer muddy – or staying laboratory Community Centre and funded by High Life clean – and having fun. It’s about Highland, we’ll continue to explore and learn discovering and telling ’s about the Strath and surrounding area, but will stories. also earn how to use internet resources Dig It! 2015 is a year-long including on-line maps and heritage databases. celebration of Scottish No previous computing experience needed or archaeology, co-ordinated by expected. Archaeology Scotland and the 10:30-12:30 at Strathpeffer Community Centre. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Please book with the Community Centre on From kids taking over museums, 01997 421989 or via the website. and people exploring the story of their own local area, to digs, 9 February 2015 festivals, competitions, hidden Strathpeffer relics and lost worlds, there are so many ways for people to get Share your discoveries with everyone! Learn involved. We will be exploring our how to disseminate the findings of your digs past through song, art, through Discovery & Excavation in Scotland performance and story-telling. It (DES). Archaeology Scotland's journal collates will be exciting, fun, grassroots information by county and parish and and messy – just like archaeology automatically submits to Canmore, the national and archaeologists. database. At its heart, Dig It! 2015 will In this workshop hosted by NOSAS and explore the theme of identities. delivered by Lachlan McKeggie on behalf of Identities are dynamic. They Archaeology Scotland, you will learn how submit operate at different scales, from your discoveries online. Free, and no need to the individual and local book. 11am-1pm, Strathpeffer Community communities to the international. Centre. They change according to circumstances, whether in the 14, 21, 28 February and 7 March 2015 great outdoors or in urban city Ancient Textile Crafts landscapes, at sporting events or During this four-day course, Lynne McKeggie religious occasions, with the will teach four different ancient textile crafts family or among strangers. They and explore the archaeological evidence for are about belonging, difference, each one: including braiding, tablet weaving, new and old, the individual and and naal binding. the collective. More than anything Times and venue to be confirmed. else, identities are forged where people, places and the past meet. 25 February 2015 Dingwall Full event details are available on Using old maps to research local heritage. the DigIt! 2015 website. Sign up Susan Kruse will enthuse about the potential of for updates too. old maps when researching local heritage, and in particular maps on the internet. There will CONFERENCES also be a chance for hands-on exploration. Dingwall Community Centre, 7:30 pm (doors 21 to 22 March 2015 open at 7pm). Suggested donation £3. ELGIN A two-day conference on ‘Moray Geology: Past, Present, TALKS AND LECTURES Future’ Various dates and locations Saturday 21 March in Moray 9 February 2015 Campus, UHI, Sunday 22 March a Fortrose field trip. For more information ROSEMARKIE PEOPLE contact Elgin Museum on A talk by Freda Bassindale, 7:30pm, Seaforth 01343543675 or email Club Rooms, Station Square, Fortrose Organised by Fortrose and Rosemarkie Local 2-5 September 2015 History Group. Further details here. GLASGOW EAA 2015 10 February 2015 The European Association of Edinburgh Archaeologists (EAA) represents Templars and templelands in Cramond and archaeologists and heritage Scotland professionals from across Europe. A talk by Norah Carlin, 7:30pm, Edinburgh The Annual Meeting has become Cine and Video Society, 23a Fettes Row, established as the premier Edinburgh, EH3 6RH archaeological conference in Europe and the 21st Annual 16 and 17 February 2015 Meeting will be hosted at the Edinburgh & Aberdeen University of Glasgow in Operation Nightingale - archaeology as a September 2015. recovery tool for injured service personnel A lecture by Richard Osgood, Senior Historic We look forward to welcoming c. Advisor, Ministry of Defence 2,000 delegates to the EAA Monday 16th February 2015 Edinburgh 6.00pm Glasgow 2015. It will be the first, Tuesday 17th February 2015 Aberdeen 7.30pm biggest and best cultural heritage event ever to take place in Edinburgh venue: Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland and we are 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PQ celebrating this by designing a Aberdeen venue: Regent Building Lecture special tartan entitled Ancient Theatre, Regent Walk, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX Gathering. The EAA Glasgow 2015 will be a marketplace for ideas 18 February 2015 and is an excellent opportunity to Inverness share Scotland’s rich, diverse and Discovering the Northern Picts unique cultural heritage with an A talk by Dr Gordon Noble, 7pm, Millburn international audience. Scotland is Academy, Inverness also the perfect stage for the Organised by Inverness Field Club. Further EAA’s Coming-of-Age details here. celebrations! 19 February 2015 Full details and registration details Cromarty are available online. A Safe Place for Cromarty’s Poor: The Black Isle Combination Poorhouse Training for Heritage A talk by Dr. Jenny Fyfe, 7:30pm, Cromarty West Church Hall Organisations Organised by Cromarty History Society. Archaeology Scotland is a partner Attendance is free for members of the Society. in Resourcing Scotland's Heritage, Non-members pay £3 and will be made very an HLF funded programme to help welcome. Children under 16 are admitted free heritage organisations with of charge. Further information here. funding and capacity building. Day courses throughout February 27 February 2015 and March from only £20. Elgin Click here for more information. The Cromarty Mediaeval Burgh Project - an update A talk by Steven Birch, Director of West Coast FREE ONLINE COURSE Archaeological Services, 7.30pm, Elgin Museum Starts 15 June 2015 Hall Hadrian's Wall: Life on the Roman Frontier 2 March 2015 Explore the archaeology of the Invergordon most heavily fortified frontier in Wartime Invergordon the Roman Empire, its people and Illustrated talk by Allan Kilpatrick of the their lives. This free six week RCHAHM, Invergordon Arts Centre, High Street, course offers a comprehensive Invergordon, 7:30pm (doors open 7pm). introduction to Hadrian’s Wall and Suggested donation £3 its people and raises fascinating issues concerning colonisation, 5 March 2015 cultural transformation, Fort William immigration, integration and Three 20 minute talks imperialism. Full details available 8pm, Ben Nevis Hotel here. Organised by Lochaber Local History Society

EXHIBITIONS 9 March 2015 Fortrose Until 8 Feb 2015 'Ellen Fowler: A Highland Sewing Mistress' NEXT OF KIN: SCOTTISH A talk by Dave Rendell, 7:30pm, Seaforth Club FAMILIES AND THE GREAT Rooms, Station Square, Fortrose WAR Organised by Fortrose and Rosemarkie Local National War Museum, History Group. Further details here. Edinburgh

1914 brought war to Scotland on 9 March 2015 what would prove to be an Edinburgh unprecedented scale. This Excavations at Vindolanda - the evidence for exhibition reveals the profound a Frontier constantly in transition personal stories of the separation and loss experienced by Scottish families and by communities with A lecture by Andrew Birley BA PhD FSA Scot, loved ones fighting abroad. The Director of Excavations for the Vindolanda Trust First World War separated millions 6pm, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George of people worldwide from their Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PQ families and homes. The impact of the conflict was felt by 10 March 2015 communities in every part of Inverness Scotland as family members Excavations at Vindolanda - the evidence for fought across the fronts and news a frontier constantly in transition of losses were received. For the A lecture by Andrew Birley BA PhD FSA Scot, servicemen and women who Director of Excavations for the Vindolanda experienced the conflict Trust. Inverness Museum and Art Gallery. first-hand, keeping objects was a Reception 6pm; lecture starts 7pm way of remembering this Free, but booking essential. Email to Cait extraordinary period in their lives. Families coped with the loss of 11 March 2015 their loved ones by collecting and Edinburgh cherishing these souvenirs along Picture this! Recent Archaeological with postcards, letters and visualizations on Scotland’s national forest photographs sent home and estate official presentations such as A talk by Matt Ritchie, 7:30pm, Edinburgh Cine service medals and memorial and Video Society, 23a Fettes Row, Edinburgh, plaques. Through a selection of EH3 6RH these family keepsakes, this exhibition presents a portrait of 16 March 2015 Scotland at war, where the Cromarty private lives of Scottish families Two Communities Changed by the War introduce some of the themes and A talk by Kirkmichael Trust and Cromarty events of the conflict across the Courthouse Museum, 7:30pm, Cromarty West fighting fronts. Church Hall, Talks preceeded by AGM Organised by Cromarty History Society. Next of Kin on tour Attendance is free for members of the Society. Non-members pay £3 and will be made very Following the exhibition at the welcome. Children under 16 are admitted free National War Museum, this display of charge. Further information here. will tour eight venues in Scotland until 2017, with each partner 18 March 2015 contributing new, local content. Inverness 'The Ness of Brodgar - the true heart of Dumfries Museum and Camera Neolithic Orkney' Obscura – 21 March to 20 June A talk by Nick Card, (Director of Ness of 2015 Brodgar Archaeology Institute UHI), 7:30pm, Rozelle House Galleries, Ayr – 4 Millburn Academy, Inverness July to 28 September 2015 Organised by Inverness Field Club. Doors open Hawick Museum – 5 October to 21 at 7pm. Followed by AGM. Further details here. December 2015 Low Parks Museum, Hamilton – 23 19 March 2015 December 2015 to 29 March 2016 Cromarty Grampian Transport Museum, Thief's Row Revisited: An update on the Alford – 2 April to 31 August 2016 Cromarty Medieval Burgh Community Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Archaeology Project – 17 September to 5 November A talk by Steven Birch, 7:30pm, Cromarty West 2016 Church Hall. Organised by Cromarty History Perth Museum and Art Gallery – Society. Attendance is free for members of the 11 November 2016 to 6 February Society. Non-members pay £3 and will be made 2017 very welcome. Children under 16 are admitted Orkney Museum – 18 February to free of charge. Further information here. 20 May 2017 25 March 2015 14 to 22 February 2015 Inverness SECRET WAR: NATIONAL The settlements of the Beauly-Wick MUSEUM OF FLIGHT coastline and the history of the Moray Firth East Lothian A talk by Dr David Worthington, 7pm (for AGM), Learn more about the secret Highland Archive and Registration Centre, Bught weapons that were used during Road, Inverness. Organised by Highland Family the First and Second World Wars History Society. The talk will be at 7:30. Further this half term. Through hands-on details here. displays and special talks, learn more about the Enigma Machine, 25 March 2015 the German V1 and V2 bomb Dingwall programmes and learn about ARCH LECTURE Robert Watson-Watt and his ARCH lecture by Andy Heald of AOC. Title to be development of Radar, the first confirmed. demonstration of which happened Dingwall Community Centre, 7:30pm (doors 80 years ago this February. Then open 7pm). Suggested donation £3 make your own spy trails and semaphore flags and send secret messages with them! National Walks & Outings Museum of Flight, East Fortune, THE SCOTTISH CRANNOG CENTRE, KENMORE, EH39 5LF LOCH TAY Full details online here. Featuring a unique reconstruction of an early Iron Age loch-dwelling. Until 30 June 2015 Exhibition, guided tour, 'hands on' crafts and North Berwick technology demonstrations, and special events. For COASTAL WARD 1914 TO 1918 opening times see A temporary exhibition exploring the impact of World War One on ORKNEY ARCHAEOLOGY TOURS the East Lothian coastal area: the All-inclusive small group holidays and private tours stories, the photos, the memories, run by professional archaeologists who are also and the effect on local families. A accredited Orkney Tourist Guides. series of events for children and 2013 brochure downloadable here adults will accompany the tel. 01856 721217 or 01856 721450 exhibition. Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 4pm. BORDERS HERITAGE WEBSITE There will also be opportunities to Official web site of the Countryside and Heritage discover more about the museum Service of Scottish Borders Council. Information and how to support its future includes places to visit and publications. development. Coastal Communities Museum EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL ARCHAEOLOGY School Road, North Berwick, East SERVICE Lothian EH39 4JU Tel: 01620 For archaeological guided walks in East Lothian, see 894313 or email. here

HIGHLAND COUNCIL RANGERS Useful Websites For guided walks led by Highland Council Countryside Follow the links Rangers, see BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOBS here AND RESOURCES (BAJR) Their walks of archaeological interest are also listed A wide range of information on here archaeological affairs, including jobs, courses and reading material. HERITAGE TRAILS are a series of walks and interpretation around the CANMORE historic cores of Stirling linked to the key locations The window into the RCAHMS around the Battle of . There are 7 local database of archaeological sites and walks: Riverside, St Ninians, , monuments. Borestone, Braehead and Broomridge, Cambusbarron and Bannockburn with an eighth overarching walk. COUNCIL FOR BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY PUBLICATIONS Archaeology Courses

HIGHLAND HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT There are hundreds of options to study all RECORD aspects of archaeology The Highland Council’s database of Follow the link to browse the choices. buildings, archaeological sites and finds. More useful websites INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR Click on the links ARCHAEOZOOLOGY The International Council for NORTH OF SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL Archaeozoology (ICAZ) is a nonprofit SOCIETY (NOSAS) Website or Facebook or Blog organization devoted to promoting archaeozoological research of the highest scientific standards and THE PICTISH ART SOCIETY fostering communication among the Website for the Pictish Arts Society detailing events international community of and annual conference details. Membership can be archaeozoologists. obtained through the website.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND SCARF The National Library of Scotland is the The Scottish Archaeological Research Framework world's leading centre for the study of website Scotland and the Scots. A major The Scottish Archaeological Research Framework European research library, with (ScARF) reflects the current state of knowledge collections of world-class importance. regarding Scotland’s past. As understanding of the Houses over 48,000 maps of Scotland past changes, so too will ScARF. It should be seen as viewable online. a live document that will be constantly updated, edited and improved. WEST OF SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICE THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND Database of buildings archaeological ONLINE CONTENT sites and finds for Argyll and Bute, Many lectures and events from the Society are now East Ayreshire, East Renfrewshire, available to view for free online and SHOP or order Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Rebfrewshire, South PUBLICATIONS Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West These include the entire contents of PSAS as well as Dumbartonshire, West Lothian, Loch current titles. Lomond & the Trossachs National Park TRAFFICKING CULTURE WEBSITE Trafficking Culture is a research project based at the Popular Newsletters University of Glasgow, currently funded by the ARCH NEWSLETTER European Research Council from 2012-16, which Archaeology for Communities in aims to produce an evidence-based picture of the the Highlands (ARCH) contemporary global trade in looted cultural objects. Subscribe free here National & Regional ARCHAEO NEWS Summaries of news articles about Organisations the latest prehistoric discoveries Click on the links worldwide. Subscribe free here ARCHAEOLOGY FOR COMMUNITIES IN THE HIGHLANDS (ARCH) HARP E-BULLETIN Heritage and Archaeological ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND Research Practice. A bi-monthly e-bulletin detailing workshops, COUNCIL FOR BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY field schools and events run by HARP in both the UK and abroad HISTORIC SCOTLAND Subscribe free here NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND RURAL ARCHAEOLOGY BULLETIN THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND An occasional, downloadable newsletter from Archaeology THE NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Scotland with the latest events, policies and other news affecting THE PLACES OF WORSHIP IN SCOTLAND archaeology and rural land PROJECT management. The latest one is Promoting the recording of church sites and due to be published next week so buildings of all places of worship in Scotland. check here for publications. THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE ANCIENT SCHARP NEWSLETTER AND HISTORIC MONUMENTS OF SCOTLAND A free downloadable newsletter (RCAHMS) produced every month by SCHARP (Scotland’s Coastal SCOTTISH MAPS FORUM Heritage At Risk Project) NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND Annual conference and free newsletter (Cairt) For further information or to be added to the mailing list, email or phone 0131 623 3970 Maps and overlays here

SCAPE — SCOTTISH COASTAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE PROBLEM OF EROSION A charity that seeks to research, conserve and promote the archaeology of Scotland’s coasts. SCAPE runs the SHOREWATCH project, involving communities in recording the eroding archaeology of Scotland’s coasts.

SCOTTISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL FORUM (SAF) SAF is run by a committee of archaeologists and its prime function is to organise conferences and workshops which further the study of archaeology in Scotland.

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TREASURE TROVE All archaeological finds in Scotland, except for Victorian and 20th-century coins, must be reported to the Treasure Trove Unit at National Museums of Scotland.

YOUNG ARCHAEOLOGISTS CLUB UK-wide club for young people aged 8 to 16 who are interested in archaeology. In Scotland there are branches in Aberdeen, Biggar, East Lothian, Falkirk, Inverness, Kilmartin, Perth, Ross & Cromarty, and Stirling.

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