03 September 2015

Week-long summer school part of the ´A Window on the Hidden Bronze Age Landscape of Caithness´ project.

In the summer school participants will develop their landscape investigations by learning to plan sampling strategies that test theories about the nature and extent of prehistoric settlements. Participants will undertake geophysical survey of sites identified in the LiDAR data and ‘ground-truthed’ in the field. In addition, at selected sites where this is feasible with the consent of relevant landowners, soil sample survey through coring and test-pit excavations will be carried out. This stage of the field school will introduce participants to the investigation stage of an archaeological research project, where information about the extent and character of archaeological sites is gathered.
Monday 31st August 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 about the project is at http://www.aocarchaeology.com/bronzeagecaithness

03 September 2015

 How do we find archaeology? Techniques of field survey and identification

Castlehill Heritage Centre, Harbour Road, Castletown, Caithness KW14 8TG

Find out more about the techniques of field survey and identification of archaeological sites – without having to go out in the cold! All welcome!

Part of the 'A Window on the Hidden Bronze Age Landscape of Caithness' project. Further details at http://www.aocarchaeology.com/bronzeagecaithness

03 September 2015

 Event organised by Highland Council Countryside Rangers:

Join us on this beautiful coastal walk through a crofting township rich in wildlife, to the iron-age broch. Hear the stories of skeletons, ancient saunas and "catastrophic collapse". Find extraordinary ancient life forms.
Meet at Clachtoll Beach car park. Grid ref: NC 040273. Grade B. Adults £8.00, conc. £4.00, family £20.00. Contact Andy on 01571 844654 or andy.summers@highland.gov.uk.

03 September 2015

Ross & Cromarty Local History Talks

Alness Library, Averon Centre, Alness

The Highland Archive Service opens up its archives and uncovers the stories within.
20th August: Going to School: Education in theHighlands in the 19th and 20th century

27th August: Bricks and Mortar: Looking at historic property records

3rd Sept: The Kirk: Church records in the Highlands

10th Sept: Crime and Punishment: police & court
records in the Highlands

To book please contact the Averon Leisure Centre, High Street, Alness Tel. 01349 882287.
Note that fees apply if you are not a High Life Highland member.

03 September 2015

 Join us in creating a walking trail leaflet highlighting Invergordon in World War I.

Invergordon Museum

All welcome

03 September 2015

 Canadian Forestry Camps on the Black Isle

Talk by Alasdair Cameron

7.30 - 9.30 pm

THE OUTDOOR BOWLING CLUBHOUSE

Ferry Brae, North Kesssock, IV1 3YH

03 September 2015

 'We want a railway!'

Talk by Iain Rose

Ben Nevis Hotel, Fort William 

Organised by Lochaber Local History Society. £15 for 'season ticket' or £3 per talk.

Iain Rose, well know local historian and educationalist will speak on the preamble to the arrival of the West Highland Railway in the 1890’s under the title “We Want a Railway!”. New insights and information on how it all might have been are promised.