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Starts: 10:00
Ends: 12:00
A guided walk exploring Grantown's industrial past.
Meet at Grantown Museum
Free / donations welcome
If you need access to suitable wheelchairs, please contact the organiser
Level 2 walk
Grantown Museum
Phone 07709 270044
Email info@thegrantownsociety.org
NOTE: time changed from original listing
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Starts: 10:00
Ends: 15:00
Follow General Wade's road as it makes is way to Ruthven Barracks.
Meet at: Duke Street, Kingussie
For cost and exact timings, see booking
Chilren welcome if with adult
Dogs welcome if on lead
Bring a packed lunch
Level 3 walk
Part of Badenoch Heritage Festival
Booking via Eventbrite: Badenochheritage.eventbrite.com
Badenoch Heritage / Laggan Heritage
Phone 07398 706662
Email badenochheritage@gmail.com
https://badenochstorylands.com/badenoch-heritage-festival/
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Starts: 10:00
Ends: 16:00
Running 19-25th September, help us discover what Brodie Castle Estate looked like 500 years ago.
In order to try and understand more about what Brodie Castle estate looked like 500 years ago and how people lived and worked, the National Trust for Scotland will be carrying out archaeological excavations to uncover this earlier medieval castle landscape.
The dig is open to all (children must be accompanied by an adult) and the dig is accessible via gravelled paths and lawn grass. No experience is necessary and all equipment will be provided.
Venue: Brodie Castle
Free
Children welcome with adults
Suitable for wheelchair access
Dogs welcome if on lead
Bring a lunch or there will be onsite catering options
Booking from Eventbrite
Brodie Castle (National Trust for Scotland)
Phone 01309 641700
Email brodiecastle@nts.org.uk
www.nts.org.uk/brodie
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Starts: 10:00
Ends: 16:30
A treasure hunt through Fort William, themed around archaeology, for children 12 and below to partake in. Children will need adult supervision as it's walking around Fort William. The sheet for the treasure hunt can be collected from the West Highland Museum, and a prize can be collected at the end.
Free/Donations welcome.
West Highland Museum
Phone 01397 702169
Email info@westhighlandmuseum.org.uk
https://www.westhighlandmuseum.org.uk/
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Starts: 10:00
Ends: 15:00
Guided walk through a multi-period landscape, including pre-clearance dwellings, Bronze Age hut circles, burnt mounds and 'Wag of Forse' Late Iron Age site.
Meet at 'Forse of Nature', Latheron
Free / donations welcome
No dogs permitted as we will be walking through livestock on a working farm.
Bring a packed lunch
Level 2 walk
Dunbeath Heritage Museum
Phone 07786 932196 / 01593 731233
Email info@dunbeath-heritage.org.uk
www.dunbeath-heritage.org.uk
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Starts: 10:30
Ends: 16:00
The township of Ledoch, on the SW side of Loch Brora, was cleared during the latter stages of the notorious Sutherland Clearances in the early 19thC. However, a much earlier landscape of Bronze/Iron Age hut circles, clearance cairns, burnt mounds and the scant remains of a broch exists here too. Following the Clearances, a mid-late 19thC fish hatchery was established here, too.
We will examine all of the archaeological remains in the area, spanning c4,000 years.
And the scenery overlooking Loch Brora is stunning too!
In the event of bad weather, the walk will take place the following Sunday. Please phone if in doubt.
MHG10257, MHG10842, MHG10813, MHG10858, MHG10860, MHG13349, MHG19350
Meeting place: Brora Heritage Centre (see Facebook page for further information)
Free / donations welcome
Children welcome if with adult
Dogs welcome if on lead - but be aware there are adders around
Bring a packed lunch
Level 2 walk. The c3km (1½ miles) walk is mainly over rough ground, but is suitable for all ages if you have a good level of fitness. The walk has a rise of around 40m (150 feet), but it is not a race and we can take our time. Good boots a necessity.
Clyne Heritage
Phone 01408 621338
Email nicklindsay@btinternet.com
Clyneheritage.com
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Starts: 10:30
Ends: 15:00
Calling Young Archaeologists! Our Archaeology Pit has been newly refurbished, so you get hands on and have a go at digging. You will uncover Pictish and medieval features and find lots of exciting artefacts on the way. Children must be supervised by accompanying adult. Only 3 children in the pit in each 30 minute session. Sessions can be booked online – recommended but not essential. Children and adults are welcome to visit the museum after the session.
Children must be supervised by an adult
Cost: £2 / child; Accompanying adult: £5 (up to 65 years) or £4 (65+ years).
Bookings via the booking form on the website https://www.tarbat-discovery.co.uk/booking-form-childrens-archaeology-pit .
Tarbat Discovery Centre
Phone 01862 871351
Email admin@tarbat-discovery.co.uk
www.tarbat-discovery.co.uk/
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Starts: 11:00
Ends: 16:00
Guided tours of the picturesque medieval castle ruins [MHG4571] will be throughout the day.
Free / donations welcome
Children welcome
Wheelchair access on footpaths
Dogs welcome if on leads - please bring 'poo-bags'
Level 1 walk
Part of Doors Open Day
Castle Roy Trust
Phone 07764 944742
Email chairman@castleroy.org.uk
www.castle roy.org.uk
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Starts: 11:00
Ends: 15:00
We’ll dig, scrape and brush away to gather clues to solve Glencoe’s mysteries whilst learning about local legends and histories.
Venue: Glencoe Folk Museum
Cost: £3 per child
Special event for chilrden
Dogs welcome if on lead
Glencoe Folk Museum
Email learning@glencoemuseum.com
www.glencoemuseum.com/
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Starts: 11:00
Ends: 12:00
The building blocks of Dingwall are speaking to us. Come and listen to them with Jonathan McColl!
Meeting place: Dingwall Museum shop, High Street, Dingwall
Free / donations welcome
Children welcome with adults
Suitable for wheelchair access
Dogs welcome if on lead
Level 1 walk
Dingwall Museum / Dingwall History Society
Phone 07754 625805
Email Jonathanmccoll@hotmail.com
www.dingwallmuseum.info
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Starts: 11:00
Ends: 12:00
Talk by Dr Iain A. MacInnes
The Highlands are often omitted from much of the history of the Scottish Wars of Independence, in large part because it is often seen as a border conflict. But this is an oversimplification. The north was, at various times, a battleground for forces of both sides. Northern forces provided notable contributions to campaigns fought elsewhere in Scotland, and further afield. And popular views of the war also tend to focus particularly on its first phase under Wallace and Bruce (1296-1328), but little understanding exists of that which followed (1332-1357), and the importance of the north to this conflict. This talk will, then, look to address some of these issues. By focusing in particular on Ross and Sutherland, it will consider two important medieval earldoms, their lords, and their people, and analyse their involvement in the conflict, as well as the impact of the war on this region and its people.
Venue: Collegiate Church Tain
Cost: £5. Part of St Duthac Book and Art Festival. Bookings and further information on Eventbrite.
St Duthac Book and Arts Festival
Phone 07966 035859
www.stduthacbookfest.com/author-events
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Starts: 14:00
Ends: 15:30
Kinloss Abbey tour, including Bishop Reid's closed Abbot's House. Hear about the new restorations during Covid and our future plans. The tour will go ahead whatever the weather. There is, in extremis, a sheltered Sacristy.
Meet at Kinloss Abbey
Free / donations welcome
Children welcome if with adult
Suitable for wheelchair access at the abbey, but unfortunately not at the Abbot's house.
Dogs welcome if on lead
Level 1 walk. About 300 metres in total with one 3 foot wall with simple stile.
Kinloss Abbey Trust
Phone 01309 691824
Email timothyfinnegan@hotmail.com
kinlossabbey.org
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Starts: 14:00
Ends: 16:00
“Am Fasgadh” (The Shelter) is the Museum’s collection facility incorporating the collections storage and conservation, housing over 12,000 items. Founded by Isabel Grant in 1935 on Iona, the collection today represents the rich and varied culture of the Highlands and Islands from the 17th century to recent times. The emphasis is on rural and domestic life, with a vast range of artefacts including furniture, household goods, agricultural and forestry equipment, crafts and trades, Traveller and sporting items.
Wander at will on a self-led tour of the Store and the collection. This is a working store and so there are not many labels, so be sure to talk to the staff and volunteers on each floor. They will be able to answer any questions and give you more information about the objects. There will also be a “Find the coracle” trail for children. We have two full size coracles in our store, and there will be several very small ones hidden for people to find!
Free / donations welcome
Children Welcome with Adults
Suitable for Wheelchairs
Part of Doors Open Day 2022
Highland Folk Museum
Email highland.folk@highlifehighland.com
www.highlifehighland.com/highlandfolkmuseum/
