As a taster for the next season of Zoom talks in 2025 here are the talks we hosted last winter/spring.
Author: Acfa Editor
Annual General Meeting, Nov 9 2024
The AGM on Saturday Nov 9 was a big success with good attendance by members. We are delighted to welcome Ken Mallard to the committee. We still have two vacancies to fill and I would urge members to consider whether you could give a little time to the committee.
Chairperson, Janie Munro, presented the annual report and Treasurer Jennifer Boag spoke to the previously circulated financial report.
After lunch we enjoyed a wee update from Simon Davies about his work in South Uist. Dugie MacInnes gave a presentation covering the thirty years of work in Glen Lochay following the launch to members of the book In the Glen of the Dark Goddess. Elaine Black presented an intriguing mystery in Balquhidder.
Next year has some exciting plans for ACFA including:
- new training courses will be run in the spring
- a small ‘hit team’ will be surveying on the isle of Ulva
- in April (8th-11th) ACFA will be travelling to Rudha Fiola, a small island off Luing, to conduct a survey
- another survey is planned for Tiree in August (23rd-30th)
- fieldwalking in the Kilsyth Hills will recommence
- surveys south of Glasgow will continue around Kittochside
- collaboration with the Scottish Stonemasons Marks project will continue
The Island of Ulva
ACFA is sending a small band of hardy individuals in Spring 2025 to survey the prehistoric archaeology of the island of Ulva, which sits off the west coast of Mull. The sites lie 11km along a rough track from the available accommodation and access will be via a bumpy ride in a trailer towed by a quad bike. Here is a feature with a poignant name, photographed by Wendy Raine during a recent recce trip.
Fish trap, Starvation Row, Ulva
Rock Art at Kelvingrove
Over the summer ACFA carried on the task, begun during participation in Scotland’s Rock Art Project, of recording the collection of rock art held in Glasgow Life Museums’ collections at Kelvingrove Museum.
The rock art was recorded using ScRAP’s methodology and 3d images were produced which can be viewed on ACFA’s Sketchfab account via the following links.
Thanks to Glasgow Life Museums staff, particularly Jane Flint Curator of (Prehistoric) Archaeology, for arranging access and making this possible. Images on Sketchfab are reproduced courtesy of Glasgow Life Museums and Libraries Collection.
Book launch in Killin
It was a full house for the launch of In the Glen of the Dark Goddess, A history and archaeology of Upper Glen Lochay, Killin.
Nearly a hundred people braved torrential rain to to attend the event in the McLaren Hall, Killin and most of them left having purchased a copy. A fantastic response from locals and ACFA members who travelled to the event.
Purchase a copy here
