08 May 2014

Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH) provides courses, group projects, and fieldwork opportunities for all ages and abilities. We will shortly be starting a new project focussing on local heritage in the area, especially that of Thomas Telford.

You are invited to an open meeting on
Thursday, 8th May 7-9pm at Kincardine Old Church

• share your local knowledge and ideas about heritage in the area
• help shape the Telford in the Kyle of Sutherland project

All welcome! Coffees & teas provided.
Contact us if you need transport – bus provided from Bonar Bridge and Ardgay.
Tel: 01349 868230 (leave message), Email: info@archhighland.org.uk; Website www.archhighland.org.uk

08 May 2014

 Voices from the Highland Diaspora

Historian, Professor Marjory Harper, will explore the experiences of migration and return, as experienced by Highlanders over the centuries. The lecture will include images, historical accounts and recordings from interviews undertaken during her research.

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Room to Discover
FREE but booking is essential
please tel. 01463 237114 or email Cait.McCullagh@highlifehighland.com

Marjory Harper is Professor of History at the University of Aberdeen, and had
a three years secondment to the UHI Centre for History. She has published widely on the history of emigration. Her most recent book, ‘Scotland No More? The Scots who left Scotland in the twentieth century’, was awarded the Frank Watson Prize and short-listed for the Saltire Society Prize.