CONFERENCE TO SHOWCASE VOLUNTEER FINDINGS ON HISTORY ...
Date: 2nd September 2010
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Focusing on rural settlement history since mediaeval times, the conference will hear about new discoveries now being made through SRP projects across the country, including over 50 illicit whisky stills and prehistoric rock carvings in Strathconon, and community excavations at the abandoned township of High Morlaggan in Arrochar.
A wide range of SRP volunteers, from Shetland to the Borders, will present talks on the results of their project findings, which are all helping to shed new light on this fascinating but little known period of Scottish history.
Writer and Historian Dr Fiona Watson, a former senior lecturer in History at the University of Stirling, will give the key note address on ‘Everyday life on the land: a hidden story’.
The programme includes a series of workshops to help volunteers learn new skills, including working with schools, archaeological drawing, and making oral history recordings. Displays will showcase ongoing SRP project work; RCAHMS staff will run “clinics” to help volunteers with data entry and a new set of training videos will be shown. The conference will finish with a wine reception and conference dinner in the wonderful setting of Crieff Hydro.
Delegates also have an opportunity to enjoy guided walks with experts on Sunday 31 October to abandoned rural settlements in the vicinity.
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CONFERENCE TO SHOWCASE VOLUNTEER FINDINGS ON HISTORY OF SCOTTISH SETTLEMENTS
The work of more than sixty-five volunteer-led projects in researching and recording the rural heritage of Scotland will be showcased at Scotland’s Rural Past (SRP) annual conference on 30 October 2010.Focusing on rural settlement history since mediaeval times, the conference will hear about new discoveries now being made through SRP projects across the country, including over 50 illicit whisky stills and prehistoric rock carvings in Strathconon, and community excavations at the abandoned township of High Morlaggan in Arrochar.
A wide range of SRP volunteers, from Shetland to the Borders, will present talks on the results of their project findings, which are all helping to shed new light on this fascinating but little known period of Scottish history.
Writer and Historian Dr Fiona Watson, a former senior lecturer in History at the University of Stirling, will give the key note address on ‘Everyday life on the land: a hidden story’.
The programme includes a series of workshops to help volunteers learn new skills, including working with schools, archaeological drawing, and making oral history recordings. Displays will showcase ongoing SRP project work; RCAHMS staff will run “clinics” to help volunteers with data entry and a new set of training videos will be shown. The conference will finish with a wine reception and conference dinner in the wonderful setting of Crieff Hydro.
Delegates also have an opportunity to enjoy guided walks with experts on Sunday 31 October to abandoned rural settlements in the vicinity.
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