Forthcoming events
This page will be regularly updated with details of CSA events, as well as other archaeological events organised by other organisations. The information appears with the most immediate dates first.
Summer School at Applecross Broch
Saturday 5th July - Saturday 26th July 2008
Highland Archaeology Services Ltd are holding a three week Summer
School in conjuction with excavations at Applecross Broch, West
Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands. The course includes training in
practical excavation techniques, site recording and planning, finds
processing and analysis as well as covering a range of current
technologies such as DGPS, computerised recording, digital SLR
photography etc. For further details visit the website at:
www.hi-arch.co.uk, email: ampeteranna@aol.com or phone: 01381 600491;
or download a flyer.
City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow, G1
Thursday 18th September 2008, 11.30am – 3.15pm
The Local History and Archaeology Strategy working group, for Glasgow City Council, has been running this successful event since 2006. This is the first year that it is open to the public.
There will be a number of stalls, all of which will highlight past, present and future archaeological excavations and projects within Glasgow. Speakers for the day are Professor Stephen Driscoll, Glasgow University- who will talk about his recent excavations on the Doomsterhill, Govan and Dr David Breeze, Historic Scotland – who will chat about Scotland newest World Heritage Site – Roman Frontiers – Antonine Wall. Please join us to find about the archaeological history of Glasgow and unearth some interesting hidden gems!
Rural Community Gateway
Young Archaeologists' Club
Application details for the Young Archaeologist of the Year
competition are now available, along with details of past winners.
The Council for Scottish Archaeology wishes all their Scottish
YAC groups the best of luck!
Scotland’s Rural Past Annual Conference
Dunkeld, Saturday 15th November 2008
The first annual Scotland’s Rural Past Conference will share
the many exciting discoveries and experiences of the project so far at
the Birnam Institute in Dunkeld on Saturday November 15.
Scotland’s Rural Past (SRP) is a five year project, set up to
support local communities to investigate and record the remains of long
abandoned settlements in their local areas. This initiative aims
to encourage volunteers to discover more about historic rural
settlements by developing their own projects. The team provides
training for local volunteers, teaching valuable new techniques and
skills in identifying, surveying and recording archaeological
features. Volunteers come away from the courses with a
rediscovered sense of place and greater understanding of the changing
historic landscape in their area. Thirty-six SRP projects are currently
underway across Scotland, with over 400 volunteers involved.
The Conference will include an address from keynote speaker, Dr Simon
Taylor, one of Scotland’s foremost authorities on place
names. In addition, volunteers from projects across Scotland will
make presentations of their work, information clinics will provide
delegates with expert advice, and the Highland Folk Museum will provide
hands-on craft activities.
Tertia Barnet, project manager for Scotland’s Rural Past, said,
“We are looking forward to sharing the experiences of a wide
variety of projects at our first Conference. We are expecting a
good turn out, and it will be great to get experts and volunteers
together to take part in what promises to be an interesting and
informative day.”
Delegates will be charged £12 per person to cover tea/coffee,
buffet lunch and a wine reception. The Saturday conference will
be followed by an optional meal at Birnam House Hotel (£18 per
head for 3 course meal), and a guided walk near Pitlochry on Sunday
November 16 (approx 9.30am – 1pm) led by Peter Quelch, Woodland
Expert and Dr Piers Dixon of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and
Historical Monuments of Scotland.
For further information please contact Katy Gilzean at Colman Getty
Scotland Consultancy 0131 558 8851 / KatyGilzean@colmangetty.co.uk
Scotland's Rural Past Teachers' Resources
Scotland’s Rural Past is pleased to announce that its teachers' resources are now being piloted. The case study materials and activities are relevant to Young Archaeologists' Clubs as well as schools. It will also possible to arrange guided walks around settlements with any YAC groups. These trips offer the opportunity for groups to practice measuring, drawing and site observation as well as the use of GPS. Access the SRP website at: www.scotlandsruralpast.org.uk.
