01 October 2015

Week long exploration of Bronze Age remains, part of ´A Window on the Hidden Bronze Age Landscape of Caithness´ project.

The fourth and final week of the summer school will involve exploration of key sites identified during the field survey programme. This block of fieldwork will investigate how the buried archaeology relates to the features detected by LiDAR, and how extensive prehistoric settlements really were. Training will focus on tracing and mapping the extents of prehistoric settlements through small scale excavations. Participants will gain key archaeological skills that can be transferred to future archaeological projects.

Monday 28th September will be spent at Castlehill Heritage Centre, with the remainder of the week being spent in the field. Please meet at the Heritage Centre at 9am each day, unless advised otherwise.

All project events are free and open to all, but you MUST register to take part in the summer school. This is partly because places are limited, but also so that we can keep participants informed about arrangements during the fieldwork.

Please register by emailing charlotte.douglas@aocarchaeology.com with details of when you would like to attend the summer school.

Participation in all 6 days of each week is not mandatory – please attend as and when you can!

If you register but find that you are unable to attend, please email Charlotte as above so that she can allocate your place to someone else.

Further information from the AOC website 

01 October 2015

NOTE: NOW POSTPONED TO FUTURE DATE

Results from the 'Window on the Hidden Bronze Age Landscape of Caithness' project

Castlehill Heritage Centre, Harbour Road, Castletown

An evening lecture will present the preliminary results of the field surveys, LiDAR analysis and excavations. All welcome!

Further information from http://www.aocarchaeology.com/bronzeagecaithness/events/

01 October 2015

 The Life and Times of Iain Lom, Gaelic poet (c. 1624–c. 1710)

Talk by Ronald Cameron

Ben Nevis Hotel, Fort William. Organised by Lochaber Local History Society.