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Highland Archaeology Festival ...

08 October 2012

As usual there are a wealth of walks, talks and other events on offer during Highland Archaeology Festival fortnight. Programmes are available at Libraries and other venues, or can be downloaded.

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Exhibition : Remembering Hidden Tain [Tain] ...

08 October 2012


Starts: 11:00
Ends: 16:00

Remembering Hidden Tain

Monday – Saturday during Highland Archaeology Fortnight, 11am-4pm, Tain and District Museum.

Another chance to see the display resulting from an exciting oral history project run by ARCH on behalf of Tain & Easter Ross Civic Trust.

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Excavation: Historic Assynt Fire and Water Project [Inchnadamph] ...

08 October 2012


Starts: 09:00
Ends: 16:00

Historic Assynt  Fire and Water Project

Burnt Mound Excavation and associated test pits, auguring and experiments Stronchrubie NC 249 186 just off A 837 south of Inchnadamph.
Parking at Stronchrubie Lodge 400m north of site to the west of the road.
 
Visitors welcome at any time 3 – 6 and 8 – 10 October 9am – 4pm. Volunteers to help with excavation and associated fieldwork very welcome.
Please email Gordon Sleight gsassynt@gmail.com with copy to Mandy Haggith hag@worldforests.org
 
The Project is running alongside the Assynt Festival, full details of which are on www.assyntfestival.org.uk
 
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Talk: The Architecture of Society: recent work on the Iron Age of Caithness [Edinburgh] ...

08 October 2012


Starts: 18:00

The Architecture of Society: recent work on the Iron Age of Caithness

Talk by Dr Andrew Heald, Dr Graeme Cavers and Dr John Barber, AOC Archaeology Group

Organised by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Free and open to all.

Monday 8 October 2012 Edinburgh 6.00pm Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PQ

Repeated on Tuesday 9 October 2012 Aberdeen 7.30pm New King's 10, adjacent to King's Museum, 17 High Street, Old Aberdeen AB24 3EE

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Talk: An Agriculturalist's View of the Highland Clearances [Fortrose] ...

08 October 2012


Starts: 19:30

An Agriculturalist's View of the Highland Clearances

Talk by Neil Fisher

Seaforth Club Rooms, Fortrose

Members £2; Non-members £4 ...... includes tea, biscuits and raffle ticket

http://www.spanglefish.com/fortroseandrosemarkiehistorygroup/

 

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Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH), The Goods Shed, The Old Station, Strathpeffer, Ross-Shire, Scotland IV14 9DH
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