24 March 2013

The walk on 24th March has been cancelled due to weather (cold temperature and wind chills - not the conditions for photography and gps!). Our next walk is 6th April, 10-1.

Outdoor sessions: (subject to change due to weather!)

24 March 2013

 As part of the Burn of Whilk, Caithness windfarm development RWE npower renewables (RWE NRL) commissioned a LiDAR survey of the area in and around their development. This includes Warehouse, Watenan and Yarrows. The survey revealed that that there may be many new sites of archaeological significance hidden beneath the ground that have not been previously identified through previous surveys.

RWE NRL has commissioned AOC Archaeology to undertake a walkover survey of some of the area to find out what the lumps and bumps are.

To this end, Andy Heald and John Barber (AOC Archaeology) will be undertaking a survey project on and around the Burn of Whilk Wind Farm site between 20th and 31st March 2013. John and Andy are keen to involve as many people as possible. Volunteers can come for any length of time and require no previous experience. As well as taking part in hopefully discovering new sites all volunteers will also be trained in all aspects of surveying and will have the opportunity to attend tours of other local archaeological sites. During March focus will be on looking at some of the possible new sites discovered during the LiDAR survey, particularly around the actual development area. AOC hope to visit all of the sites over the coming year. The results of the survey will be used to aid interpretation of the area over the next year.

If you would like to take part please contact Andy Heald at andy.heald@aocarchaeology.com or phone 07824562186

24 March 2013

The last in Lachlan McKeggies’s series of Picturing Archaeology workshops will take place on Sunday, 24th March, 10am to 3:30 in Alness. This workshop is a great way to explore and take pictures and sketches of local heritage – you are guaranteed to look with new eyes! After a break for lunch (bring your own), Lachlan will share his love of free photsynth software to create a 3-D model of a site, and explain how to place the resulting model on a map for others to enjoy. No experience necessary, and all equipment provided, although people are welcome to bring their own cameras. Meet at 10am at the Alness Heritage Centre.

For further details on the series, see thewebsite page.