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23 September 2018
Starts: 10:00
Ends: 14:00
Explore Prehistoric Badenoch: Delfour Ring Cairn and Alvie Estate
Organised by Badenoch Heritage: Bringing the Past to the 21st Century Project
Walk back in time to Easter Delfour Ring Cairn and Alvie Estate with Dr Oliver O’Grady VABS Project Officer and David Kinnear Alvie Estate Factor. This guided tour starts at Kingussie where a minibus will transport you to the Alvie Estate. Enjoy this easy grade walking tour of the fascinating historic landscape of Alvie Estate led by authorities on Scotland's archaeology and the history of this diverse Badenoch estate. The tour will involve minibus transport between sites and short sections of walking around the estate and will last approximately 4 hours (including return trip to Kingussie). Your experience begins with a bespoke tour of historic Alvie House and this picturesque working rural estate that is managed along the principles of diversification. We culminate with a special visit to the 4000-year old Bronze Age ring cairn and standing stone at Easter Delfour that shows the extraordinary roots of life in Badenoch. This ancient burial cairn was previously surrounded by a stone circle and is a type special to the Highlands of Scotland around Strathspey and Inverness. Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Time: 4 hours. Grade: Easy walk (not all sections are fully accessible)
Meet at Car Park (opposite the Iona Gallery), Spey Street, Kingussie PH21 1JG
Booking essential on EventBrite
Further information from Oliver O'Grady oliverogrady@vabs.org.uk
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23 September 2018
Community Excavation at Tarradale, Muir of Ord. See the Tarradale through Time website www.tarradalethroughtime.co.uk about volunteering or email tarradalethroughtime@gmail.com for more information.
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23 September 2018
The following are open as part of Doors Open Day in Badenoch & Strathspey:
Abernethy Old Kirk
Am Fasagh, Highland Folk Museum
Castle Roy
Church of St John the Baptist (only 22nd Sept)
For details and opening times see the Open Doors website
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23 September 2018
Berrydale Church and Cemetery is open on 23rd Sept as part of Doors Open Day
Berriedale Church is an historically important building in Caithness and was built in 1826 as a Parliamentary Church under the direction of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer. It was one of 32 Parliamentary Churches commissioned and built and is one of the few that remains furnished and laid out as it was originally built.
The church is now under the stewardship of the Berriedale Church and Cemetery Association and remains in use for special church services, commemorative and general events which are well attended by the local community.
Fascinating archival material will be available and Eric Farquhar has kindly agreed to give his intriguing local talk, Four Love Poems for Nellie at 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3pm
For further details and opening times see the Doors Open website
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23 September 2018
John Barber will repeat his Rhind lectures held earlier this year in Edinburgh, in Wick between 21st and 23rd September at Pulteney Centre, Wick. Further details on the series of lectures and how to book is available on the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland website.
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