04 June 2015

Launch Event for

A Window on the Hidden Bronze Age Landscape of Caithness Project

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

Summer 2015 sees the launch of en exciting new community archaeology initiative from Castletown Heritage Society: A Window on the Hidden Bronze Age Landscape of Caithness. This innovative project represents a new chapter in the exploration of Caithness’ prehistoric past, using cutting-edge technology to identify and select features for investigation. Targeted archaeological survey and excavation will be carried out by volunteers under the guidance of archaeologists from AOC Archaeology Group, as part of a structure summer school. Training will be central to the project’s aims, with participants learning new skills or building on previous experience. Castlehill Heritage Centre will be the project’s central hub, with indoor learning sessions, evening events and crafts workshops taking place there throughout the summer and into the autumn.

The survey and excavations will be informed by airborne laser scan data (LiDAR), which has revealed hundreds of features which may represent archaeological sites, including numerous possible hut circles, the remains of prehistoric roundhouses. These features are characteristic of the Bronze Age (c. 2500-700BC).

The archaeological fieldwork and training will be complemented by a number of evening events and crafts workshops – from prehistoric pottery to ancient foods. Travel back in time with us!

04 June 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.

04 June 2015

 Four workshops run by the Highland Archive Centre at Dingwall Community Library:

14 May 2015: Going to School: Education in the Highlands in the 19th and 20th century

21st May 2015: Bricks and Mortar: Looking at historic property records

28th May 2015: The Kirk: Church records in the Highlands

4th June 2015: Crime and Punishment: police & court records in the Highlands

Cost pre session: Free to High Life Highland Members. Budget High Life Highland members: 50p. Non- High Life Highland members: over 60