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Research and Reminiscence: Evanton Wartime Remains [Evanton] ...

24 April 2013

Starts: 19:00
Ends: 21:30

Evanton Wartime Remains

The Evanton Wartime Remains project will take off from the end of February. On Wednesday evenings at the Cornerstone Cafe in Evanton, 7-9:30pm, from February through to July, there will be sessions to explore memories of the wartime remains in the village, to explore archive and other information, and then sessions to create a display and tourist leaflet. There will also be walks and opportunities to record by photograph and GPS some of the many remains still surviving.

We are very lucky that plans and aerial photographs from the 1940s survive, as well as some interesting buildings. All in all it is shaping up to be an exciting few months. The programme will kick off with a lecture by Allan Kilpatrick of the RCAHMS about wartime remains in Easter Ross on 20th Feb 2013. Many of you will have heard Allan speak before, or have been on one of his guided walks during Highland Archaeology Fortnight, so know that his knowledge and enthusiasm for Highland wartime remains is both impressive and infectious!

For the reminiscence sessions, all are welcome, whether you remember the wartime years or just want to learn more! We invite people to help write down the memories of those who are contributing, and to help ask questions. Other ARCH reminiscence sessions have shown that they are exciting and highly informative and there is every reason to guess that the Evanton sessions will also be!

If you would like to be kept informed of events, please contact the ARCH office if you have not already done so. Come for some or all of the sessions! If you need help getting to and from the Cornerstone Cafe, do get in touch and we will try to arrange car share or transport.

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Dig: Easter/Wester Rarichie dun and fort ...

24 April 2013

Starts: 09:00

University of Aberdeen is running a dig at Easter/Wester Rariche dun and fort near Nigg.Â They intend to place few trenches on Easter Rarichie plus additional surveys and one trench on Wester Rarichie. They will be starting on Easter Rarichie.

For further information contact Oskar onÂ 07557-356080Â

Directions from Inverness A9 north, take the B9175 Arabella Road, Turn right at Ankerville corner road to Balintore. At Wester Rarichie take the farm track on the right.
Please note the track is uphill, could be muddy and wet.

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Talk: Oral history of the Scots in Australia and human sensitivity in the recording of whole of life history - balancing the needs of the informant and the interviewer [Dornoch] ...

24 April 2013

Starts: 17:00

'Oral history of the Scots in Australia and human sensitivity in the recording of whole of life history - balancing the needs of the informant and the interviewer.'

Talk by Dr Rob Linn, a member of the Oral History Association of Australia

Ross House, Dornoch (UHI Centre for History)

Further details from Dr Kathrin Zickermann
01847 889622
Kathrin.Zickermann@uhi.ac.uk

Please note: there is no videolink in Inverness for this lecture.

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