Events
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PREVIOUS EVENTS
Thursday 8th and Friday 9th March 2012
Excavation of a possible standing stone at Ledbeg
A possible fallen standing stone was discovered during a guided walk in September; we’ll be excavating to try to learn more abouit it! Come along and have a look. Contact Gordon Sleight for more information: gsassynt@gmail.com or (01571) 855 207.
Saturday 10th of March 2012
Travel Through Time on the LDAP Tardis Bus!
We’re exploring thousands of years of Assynt’s past, staing with the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2500BC) at Ledmore and Ledbeg. We’ll explore the cairn and take in other archaeological sites on the way to a free lunch! Then we’ll spend the afternoon in pre-clearance Glenleraig before nipping back to the Iron Age at Stoer. Bus leaves Bay View car park at 10.30am, returning to the present in Lochinver at 3.30pm. Places are strictly limited so please register in advance. Contact Gordon Sleight: gsassynt@gmail.com or (01571) 855 207.
Sunday 11th of March 2012
Guided tour of Clachtoll Broch
Join us on a stroll through prehistory at Clachtoll Broch. Meet at Clachtoll car park at 2pm, returning to the present at 4pm (or we’ll meet at Stoer Hall if the weather is too bad to visit the broch).
Saturday 12th November 2011
10-4 Lochinver Village Hall: Pre-clearance crafts
Carding, spinning, carding, spinning, knitting, weaving, felting, basket making, fishing net making – with Gaelic songs, tattie soup, a photo show, a reconstruction of the longhouse and a session on some of the finds made during the dig.
7.30pm onwards, Drumbeg Hall.
A talk about the Glenleraig pre-clearance house followed by a ceilidh featuring James Graham singing Assynt Gaelic songs.
Not to be missed! All welcome.
Saturday 6th August 2011
A guided walk around Clachtoll broch with the archaeological team. Meet at 3 pm at Clachtoll beach car park. (Around 2 hours).
Saturday 6th August 2011
Introduction to the Project & Assynt’s Iron Age Coast: a discussion seminar. 7.30 pm in Stoer Village Hall. Iron Age food and drink served!
Monday 8th August 2011
Commencement of excavations at Clachtoll broch. On site from 9 am.
Thursday 11th August 10 am
Workshop: ‘Understanding Site Stratigraphy and Archaeological Recording’, on site at Clachtoll broch at 10 am.
Tuesday 16th August 10 am
Workshop: ‘Stone conservation techniques’, with AOC Archaeology’s senior conservator. On site at Clachtoll at 10 am.
Thursday 18th August 10 am
Workshop: ‘First Aid for Archaeological Finds’, with AOC Archaeology’s senior conservator. In Stoer Village Hall, 10 am.
Wednesday 31st August 10 am
Workshop: ‘The Identification, Description and ecording of Archaeological Soils’. On site at Loch Borralan cairn, 10 am.
Saturday 3rd September 10 am
‘Tombs or Temples?’ A guided walk around the chambered cairns of Ledbeg.
Saturday 3rd September 7.30 pm
‘Tombs or Temples? The prehistoric megalithic architecture of Northern Scotland’, lecture by John Barber, details TBC
Saturday 1st October
A guided walk around Glenleraig’s cleared village, mill and souterrain. Meet at Glenleraig at 11 am (lasts approx 3 hours).
Saturday 8th October
‘Living on the Edge in the Iron Age’, a guided walk around Clachtoll’s Iron Age sites. Clachtoll beach carpark, 10 am.
