Our Events
Sands of Sound Clean & Record
May 4th 10:00am
Sands of Sound, Lerwick
Join us for a clean and record of a site eroding from dunes at Sands of Sound and an update/recording of additional nearby sites. No experience is necessary to take part in this event. Appropriate clothing and refreshments as needed are advised. For more information on this event contact us here.
Local Events
Shetland Museum & Archives Highlights from the 2024 St Magnus Conference
April 25th 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Auditorium, Shetland Museum
Join our Shetland Museum & Archives curators and archivists as they present their papers from the 6th International St Magnus Conference by UHI Shetland. Each talk will be around 20minutes followed by a Q&A session at the end of the evening. For more information on this event visit here.
Ostentatious or Monumental?
The evolution of the wheelhouse in Shetland
Droning on about climate change: erosion and Shetland’s coastal archaeology
A Little Something About Brochs
Mainland Events
A Return to the Fort of the Maeatae Dig 2023
Thursday 02 May 2024 - Saturday 04 May 2024
Dumyat, Stirling FK9 5QE
A fort on a hill overlooking Stirling may have been a powerbase for a group of people who battled the Romans about 2,000 years ago. The hilltop was the location of an impressive complex with a central citadel featuring a roundhouse protected by ramparts and other defences. Volunteers are invited to join in with this year’s dig, which will focus on an ‘arena style area’ to the site’s west. For more information on this event visit here.
Just for Laughs
Terminology
Tøfakuddie
...or Tøvakudda or Tevakudda or many other variations, is 'a part of the rocky ebb where webs of cloth were fastened to be exposed to the action of the waves as a means of fulling or thickening the cloth.' For more on the etymology, and origin of the above quote, visit here.