Scotland's World Heritage Sites Celebration Planned
Scotlands 5 World Heritage sites are to link up with a series of interactive events exploring the theme of cultural identity. Includes Neolithic Orkney.
More info :
Http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12800371
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Protestors Walk To Highlight Windfarm 'Devastation'
Protestors say a major archaelogical area would be blighted if turbines get the go ahead.
(In an area that has a broch, cairns and standing stones.)
More info :
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2184826
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Windfarm Could Generate £1.6 million.
A windfarm planned for a hillside near Huntly could bring £1.6 million into the local community over it's 25 years.
More info :
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2029739
There are also two cairns on top of this hill, as well as the nearby cairns on the neighbouring hills of Backtack, Glenshee and Both as well as the cup and ring marked stone at Cairnborrow Lodge. I wonder if these sites were brought up at the meeting?
If you stay up here and/or are interested in changing the situation please contact the numbers contained within the report.
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Archaeology Month Marked By Lecture
Scottish Archaeology month will be marked at Methlick with a lecture by Alan Saville, Senior Curator of Archaeology at the National Museum of Scotland.
The talk titled, Flint and Stone, will be held in the Beaton Hall from 7.30pm. (2/10/2010)
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Archaeologists Uncover Iron Age Evidence At Knockromie
Archaeologists working on behalf of Springfield Properties on the outskirts of Forres have found evidence of a substantial Iron Age settlement close to the site of a roundabout the firm is building as part of its new Knockromie Meadows development.
Edinburgh based AOC Archaeology are examining and recording the site before further work continues.
Project manager Martin Cook says he and his team have been sifting through trenches dug in fields close to Knockromie Meadows.
"We've known for a long time that it's a very prolific area for archaeological finds," he said " but what we're getting evidence of now is really very exciting. We know of another large food pit nearby, but when we examined the trenches near the roundabout we found evidence of another, larger one."
The finds point to late Iron Age occupation around 600 AD with a large souterrain or food storage pit surrounded by post holes indicating round houses that would have used to fence off specific areas.
The entire area around the Knockromie Meadows site and beyond suggests it was occupied throughout history with evidence of Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman settlements.
Previous excavations in 2007 and 2008 by AOC in a field adjacent to the current site uncovered remains indicative of people living in the area over 2,000 years ago. These included a souterrain - an underground storage passage - and several structures thought to be granaries. The floors of these latter features were raised up on posts to stop vermin and moisture getting to the grain. A cluster of postholes was also found, thought to be evidence of a multi-phase structure, possibly a roundhouse.
Springfield is delighted to have the archaeologists recovering and recording the area's early settlement history, before covering up the site. The excavations prior to construction is a standard procedure triggered by an archaeological survey which was carried out as part of the site's planning permission. It ensures that Scotland has a clearer picture of the previous land use by humans.
The costs involved in the archaeological dig are being met by Springfield.
Knock News Issue 41 July 2010.
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Still doing the music, following that team, drinking far to much and getting lost in the hills! (Some Simple Minds, Glasvegas, Athlete, Us3 on the headphones, good boots and sticks, away I go!) As well whistling Lostboy tunes soon to be whistling another bhoys tunes. Soon!
(The Delerium Trees)
Protect your heritage!
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