28 May 2015

 Event organised by Highland Council Countryside Rangers:

Come and see brilliant orchids, jewelled rocks and marvellous machair as we walk along a coastline steeped in crofting history, to the old mill at Altanabradhan.
Meet at Achmelvich Beach car park. Grid ref: NC 058248. Grade C. Adults £8.00, conc. £4.00, family £20.00. Contact Andy on 01571 844654 or andy.summers@highland.gov.uk.

28 May 2015

 Romantic Scotland?
Writing the Highlands in the Long 18th century

Talk by Kristin Lindfield-Ott Programme Leader for the Literature and History & Literature Degree Programmes at the University of the Highlands and Islands

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery. Cost: £3. Booking essential on 01463 237114 or email cait.mccullagh@highlifehighland.com

Kristin Lindfield-Ott invites you on a virtual tour of eighteenth-century Scotland in the company of some well-known people of letters! This lecture will explore Scottish and Highland identity in the eighteenth century through travelogues, journals, letters and literature.

28 May 2015

Bodystones and Guardian Beasts: The Pictish Recumbent Monuments in Context

Talk by Dr Victoria Whitworth FSA, FSA (Scot), Centre for Nordic Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands

Seaforth Lodge, Station Road, Fortrose

Organised by Groam House Museum. Entry is £5 (£2.50 for members/students). Further information from their website www.groamhouse.org.uk

This talk is the annual academic lecture.

28 May 2015

 Four workshops run by the Highland Archive Centre at Dingwall Community Library:

14 May 2015: Going to School: Education in the Highlands in the 19th and 20th century

21st May 2015: Bricks and Mortar: Looking at historic property records

28th May 2015: The Kirk: Church records in the Highlands

4th June 2015: Crime and Punishment: police & court records in the Highlands

Cost pre session: Free to High Life Highland Members. Budget High Life Highland members: 50p. Non- High Life Highland members: over 60