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.

NOTICE TO ALL ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND (CSA) MEMBERS!

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND (CSA) AGM & MEMBERS' DAY

The Archaeology Scotland AGM & Members' Day will be Saturdat 11th October at The Place, Paisley Abbey. For more information see the full programme or contact Jonathan Wordsworth at 0131 6684 189 or email: j.wordsworth@scottisharchaeology.org.uk


New Teachers' Resources
Archaeology Scotland, in conjuction with The Big Draw is now offering new illustrated resources for teachers.  For information about these and other Archaeology Scotland Education resources check out our Schools' pages or contact the Education Officer Meg Faragher at: m.farager@scottisharchaeology.org.uk 

Rural Community Gateway
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.