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Historic Environment Scotland have launched a public survey seeking to find out what heritage means to the people of Scotland as part of the 2017 Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology.  Find the survey at What’s Your Heritage and help inform the discussion on which of Scotland’s places, buildings and monuments you want to see recognised and celebrated.

At the beginning of October a smaller group of eleven members revisited Tiree to carry on recording more of the exciting archaeology we had to reluctantly leave in April. 

The teams working on the slopes of Hynish recorded another ‘crop’ of potential prehistoric features as well as multiperiod field systems and associated structures. East Hynish remains to be recorded when we return next April.

Thankfully the weather stayed dry and sunny although high winds kept us constant company.  Our accomodation in the cottages at the Hynish Centre was very comfortable and we enjoyed the cross-cultural exchanges after dinner with the group of windsurfers who were staying at the Centre.

ACFA is delighted to announce the publication of our first book, Eaglesham, The Farmlands and The Orry , by Susan Hunter.  

Over more than twenty years Susan and her husband Robin walked the parish of Eaglesham recording the visible remains of the past in the landscape and producing eighteen detailed archaeological papers.  This fully illustrated book aranges some of the best examples from these papers in chronological order to provide a picture of the folk who inhabited Eaglesham over the past few thousand years, and the type of farming they carried out.

Although principally an archaeology book, this publication also contains a wealth of information gleaned from the farming families of Eaglesham.

Copies are available from Waterstone’s, The Avenue, Newton Mearns, through other bookshops by order, from the Eaglesham Gift Company, Eaglesham Village or direct from ACFA.  To buy direct please send £13 plus £4.50 P & P (total £17.50) via PayPal and also send your name and delivery address to acfacommittee@gmail.com 

To purchase multiple copies please contact us for information.