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ARCH Highland

26 August 2013, Starts: 19:30, Ends: 21:30

 Searching for Clay

During recent excavations in advance of house construction at Bellfield Farm, North Kessock  pits containing Bronze Age pottery and metalworking debris, including fragments of baked clay moulds, were discovered. Trevor Cowie at the National Museums of Scotland analysed the moulds and discovered that they were used to create sickles of a late Bronze Age type.

This short course will aim to gather memories, information and then samples to try and see if we can determine the clay sources for these Bronze Age moulds. In the first session on 26th August at the North Kessock Mission Hall, we invite anyone who has any knowledge of local clay sources to attend - as well as any others who are interested in the subject. This will be followed the next week by a session at Inverness Archives to look at maps, date and time still to be arranged. Based on information obtained in these sessions, we will then arrange to have at least one fieldwork day to take samples. 

If you are interested in taking part, or have any information to add, please contact Susan at the ARCH office at info@archhighland.org.uk or 01349 868230.

The Searching for Clay course is part of the North Kessock and District Local History Society Feats of Clay project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Highland Council and STEMNet.