A month of archaeology in September
Next month holds excitement for the many of us on the Uists interested in archaeology.
From the 18th to the 25th there will be a conference of the Hebridean Archaeology Forum, which will be attended by some 30 people from the mainland including many of the BIG NAMES associated with fascinating digs and studies carried out on these islands’ pre-historic sites.
Thanks to our local archaeologists, Kate MacDonald and Becky Rennell who together form Uist Archaeology, members of the public are invited to join the conference and the field trips alongside the professionals. We’ll be there!
And the last ever dig on Baleshare beach starts up again for three weeks. It’s being carried out by SCAPE, which specialises in recording sites threatened by coastal erosion before they are lost for ever. There have already been three digs at various points on the beach, revealing quite a substantial settlement.
And this. Wonder if we’ll find any more like it next month.
Looks like more fun lined up for you all. Will lots of children be taking part in this??I hope so.
Yes definitely- Kate and Becky, our fab archaeologists do lots of work in the schools and welcome children onto the digs and at finds processing sessions. The kids love it, needless to say.
My son used to go on “digs” from the age of 12yrs-he continued until he met his companion,10 years ago. Whilst packing,for me moving house I came across some boxes ,I hadn’t unpacked since selling my house two years ago,inside were loads of carefully wrapped fossils. I asked Marc what he wanted me to do with them,”"”keep them fro Anthéa”"(his daughter. Great maybe he will show interest in the subject again;Fingers crossed
I hope he does too. There’s something addictively mysterious about ancient archaeology, it always seems to reveal more questions than answers.