Applications are open again for @socantscot.bsky.social Audrey Henshall Legacy Fund. Deadline 30th November.
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland@socantscot.bsky.social · 2w agoGRANTS ANNOUNCEMENT: Audrey Henshall Legacy Fund Reopens We are offering a grant of up to £10,000 for the successful applicant to develop and undertake a significant research project which supports research or fieldwork on pre-Roman antiquities in Scotland: www.socantscot.org/news/audrey-...
More interesting research that shows the relevance of understanding the deep past to understand the present and for making sustainable decisions for the future theconversation.com/colonisation...
Colonisation, not climate change, first primed these forests to burn
For more than 800 years, frequent cultural burning kept this land as stable, open woodland.
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Just one more week to the first ButCH lunchtime discussion "Does Heritage Really Matter" Oct 12th 1.15 - 2 GMT (link below and in alt text) >
There are still a few places left on my online creative writing (poetry) short course, ‘Creating Bespoke & Organic Forms: Shaping Poems in the Act of Composition’. More information and booking details can be found here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-b...
Creating Bespoke & Organic Forms: Shaping Poems in the Act of Composition
A creative writing (poetry) course of 5 workshops in which participants will devise their own bespoke forms for poems and sequences.
eventbrite.co.uk
When time reflects, we encounter, ripples of disruption ... Hundred Year Stone (1995) by Peter Randall-Page celebrating 100 years of @nationaltrust.org.uk located on Derwent Water. #scupture #Landscape #change #Keswick #lakedistrict
“… a subject I had chosen largely to fill a space in my timetable changed the direction of my life. Scottish Ethnology taught me that I existed.” bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/24/a...
A Subject That Taught Me I Existed
As the University of Edinburgh moves to close a number of degree programmes, including the standalone degree in Scottish Ethnology, Kevin MacNeil reflects on the subject that changed the course of …
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When time reflects, we encounter, ripples of disruption ... Hundred Year Stone (1995) by Peter Randall-Page celebrating 100 years of @nationaltrust.org.uk located on Derwent Water. #scupture #Landscape #change #Keswick #lakedistrict
Conference Registration now open! #LSG2026 Resilient Landscapes - applying archaeological survey and understanding to holistic Nature Recovery. 6-7th November, in Pickering & the North York Moors, UK. Click poster image for details. Visit our website to book your place ➡️ landscapesurvey.org
A very well written and detailed blog here (with 2026 costs) on travelling to #Shetland on a budget; getting around the islands, and how to plan your stay. It’s a pity the old camping Böds are consigned to history - they were brilliant, although at least two of them are now run by local communities.
Shetland on a budget | Shetland.org
Shetland attracts many visitors, and they come to pursue all kinds of interests: archaeology, birds and other wildlife, walking, knitting, photography, angling and more.
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Sites are being prepped on Oronsay for archaeological excavation and geophysical survey. 🏺 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social
And pause, wrapped, cool sea mist. Hear feint, whispered Saints. Grasp sword and stake, step with care, through telling time. #Whitby #archaeology #history #heritage
And pause, wrapped, cool sea mist. Hear feint, whispered Saints. Grasp sword and stake, step with care, through telling time. #Whitby #archaeology #history #heritage
🧪🏺 #Archaeology is about the past, but it's also about now and what's to come cc @hannahfluck.bsky.social
ICArEHB@icarehb.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat makes a disaster? 🌍 A sneak peek into an insightful conversation between two archaeologists and a geologist on what the past can teach us about the future. ICArEHB Dialogues: Human Resilience and Disasters is coming soon. #ICArEHBDialogues #HumanResilience #Disasters #Archaeology #Geology
The “used future” trap ... "Sometimes it’s not enough to design for a new future; we also have to design the conditions and new thinking that make shaping nascent paradigms possible, reorienting how we define progress, value, and success." www.ideo.com/journal/the-...
The “used future” trap
5 techniques for avoiding outdated visions of tomorrow.
ideo.com
Falmouth University's Centre for Heritage, Culture & Society welcomes PhD applications for 2027 that take creative, critical approaches to heritage www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/cen... #research #phd #heritage #ICH
Centre for Heritage, Culture & Society
The Centre for Heritage, Culture & Society addresses people’s relationships with past, present and future cultural places and landscapes.
falmouth.ac.uk
Three residencies. Six communities. Three languages: Gàidhlig, Scots and English. We're commissioning storytellers to help communities capture and share the community owners' stories of land and identity. £3,500 fee. Apply by 9 Oct, 1pm. buff.ly/TUT3YUA
Ancient and beautiful amber pendants worn by hunter-gatherers during the Danish Mesolithic some 10,000 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology
This book has been a year in the writing, will be my life for at least another year, and was at least 30 years in the making. Hoping to see plenty of youse out on the road... More info: triskeleheritage.com/the-building...
You can get 20% off my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, from bookshop.org and help support independent bookshops!
Memories of Ardeer - There are still some tickets left, come join us at the Scottish Maritime Museum this Saturday, morning drop-in or afternoon ticketed Brew&Blether with me and @linda83ross.bsky.social! #Ardeer #Ivine #CommunityHeritage www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000317866...
Memories of Ardeer
Brew & Blether - A space to reminisce about family members and friends who worked at the Ardeer.
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Sadly no longer posting here, but this from from the inspirational @mmcfadyen.bsky.social (h/t: @sarahmay1.bsky.social LinkedIn) weaves together key themes & topics that have occupied much of my thinking in recent years. If you read nothing else this week: mairimcfadyen.substack.com/p/cultural-d...
Cultural Darning: Rewilding with People and Place
A talk given at ‘The Big Picture Conference,’ Scotland’s Rewilding Event, which took place in Perth Concert Hall on Saturday 19th September 2026
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We've decided to start a discussion series. Lunchtimes once a month, to remember why we 'do heritage' all welcome, please share with students and networks.
Wonderful discoveries by @govanstones.bsky.social & great example of the power of #communityarchaeology brilliant engagement by the whole team. So much passion about the story of Govan and getting people actively involved in learning. @hornesupremacy.bsky.social #glasgow #archaeology
Do you know @thescottishcrannog.bsky.social artefacts excavations of Oakbank Crannog have been recognised as Nationally Significant, including 2500 year old fabrics. Real privilege to present on behalf of @archscot.bsky.social on Why Archaeology Matters At This Time? as part of #ScotArchMonth
Some nice coverage of our ongoing project with @gbptrust.bsky.social @archscot.bsky.social exploring the remains of Harvie’s Dyke - a site of radical community action in the east end of Glasgow. share.google/CFZxMmcwGyOW...
Archaeologists to probe radical riot that brought down Glasgow tycoon's walls
The 1823 riot was a victory for the people, and now the hunt is on to find the evidence
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"This is not a collection of occasional pieces, such as a writer brings out to supplement his real work; instead this is my real work, such as it is" I learned so much from Annie Dillard.
Fragments of people's lives, washed up on the beach.
