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17 October 2024
Starts: 19:00
Scotland’s earliest animal carvings
Online talk by Dr Tertia Barnett
Organised by Kilmartin Museum. Free. For further information and booking see their website.
In May 2021, Historic Environment Scotland released exciting news of the discovery of animal carvings in the Early Bronze Age burial cairn at Dunchraigaig in Kilmartin Glen. This unprecedented find was publicised around the world and even satirised on Radio 4’s News Quiz. This talk explores the story behind the discovery and the subsequent investigations by Scotland’s Rock Art Project and Historic Environment Scotland, in collaboration with Kilmartin Museum, to authenticate the carvings as the earliest known animal depictions in Scotland.
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17 October 2024
Starts: 19:30
The King in the North? David Strathbogie, earl of Atholl, and the Comyn Inheritance during the Second Scottish War of Independence (1332-1336)
Online talk by Iain MacInnes
Organised by Scottish Society of Highland & Island Historical Research. Non-members other than students are requested to donate £5. For details on how to register and donate, see their website.
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17 October 2024
Drop in to see excavations run by National Trust for Scotland. If you would like to take part contact culloden@nts.org.uk to register your interest.
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17 October 2024
Starts: 10:30
Ends: 12:00
Inclusive Volunteering
Online workshop orgainsed by Make Your Mark. Free. The workshop will review key learnings from the Make Your Mark Inclusive Vounteering Toolkit. Zoom bookings on Eventbrite
As the Highland Heritage Days highlighted, volunteering is an issue that affects all groups and museums This workshop is designed to support heritage groups develop more inclusive volunteer programs.
At this event, participants will learn how to:
- Explain the benefits of and business case for inclusive volunteering
- Identify barriers to and enablers for volunteering
- Adapt volunteer roles to suit a wider range of people
Format
The workshop will begin with a short introduction to Make Your Mark and the Inclusive Volunteering Toolkit. Participants will then engage in a mix of larger and smaller group discussions to complete tasks and network with each other.
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17 October 2024
Starts: 10:00
Ends: 17:00
150 Years of the Far North Line
Photographic exhibition organised by the Friends of the Far North Line to mark the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Far North Line to Thurso & Wick on 28 July 1874.
Venue: North Coast Visitor Centre, High Street, Thurso KW14 8AJ
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17 October 2024
Starts: 14:30
The Early Censuses of Dingwall
Talk by Jonathan McColl
Organised by Highland Family History Society. Venue: Inverness Archive Centre, Bught Road, Inveress
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