Thank you @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social for a brilliant conference yesterday in Rothes Halls. Talks were interesting & great to meet other societies🙂 #Fife #heritage
02.11.2025 13:43 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Lara Haggerty, Keeper of Books at Innerpeffray Library
18th century self-interpreting bible, by John Brown in Abernethy Museum's collection
At our TAFAC conference on 1 Nov 2025, we'll be showcasing 'Tayside Treasures', objects curated by members of Tayside Museums Forum. 'A Cornucopia of Objects from across Tayside’s Museums' is presented by Lara Haggerty, Dorothy Jones, Angus MacIntyre, Jamie Kunka, Christina Donald and Mark Hall.
29.10.2025 15:49 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
📍November Speaker Event — Kinnesswood poet Michael Bruce (1746-67)
#Fife #heritage
28.10.2025 16:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Gracious! Might there be any carvings on it & could it be carefully(!) cleaned in order to find out?
28.10.2025 14:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Looking forward to meeting up with all our exhibitors at the next TAFAC Conference on Saturday, 1 November in Glenrothes. For friendly archaeological chats and information, bargain books and quirky gifts, our lovely stallholders are getting ready to meet you.
28.10.2025 13:35 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
We're looking forward to the speaker events & meeting everyone! #Fife
28.10.2025 14:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Leighton Library Dunblane
Robert Leighton: a man who chose bridge-building over battle lines
Enjoy watching a podcast-style video about life & legacy of Robert Leighton - who chose bridge-building over battle lines - & whose bequest led to Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library, Scotland’s oldest purpose-built independent library.
▶️ youtu.be/q0GMwC54eG8
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26.10.2025 07:07 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Secret Maps opens today! 🤫 🗺️
From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.
Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps
24.10.2025 12:29 — 👍 180 🔁 67 💬 8 📌 15
National Archives and Records Strategy for Scotland Online Consultation
Scottish Council on Archives invites members, stakeholders, and the wider sector to join us for a series of online consultations.
SCA invites members, stakeholders, and the wider sector to take part in our upcoming series of online consultations to explore the case for developing a National Archives and Records Strategy for Scotland.
Find out more and book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-a...
23.10.2025 14:01 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
/…you into Dunblane Cathedral & Dunblane Museum, both just few steps away from Leighton Library. Dunblane Museum has knitted mice characters trail, & Dunblane Cathedral has photograph explorer trails. And they are all free!…/
16.10.2025 07:13 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
As it’s the school holidays, visit Dunblane's historic Leighton Library where young visitors & those young at heart can have a go at very popular LEGO® Minifigure Trail. When completed, have a go at Photo Explorer Trail, & then "Find Robert Leighton Quest" which also takes…/👇
16.10.2025 07:13 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
A reminder that we have an extra event tomorrow as part of #BlackHistoryMonth when Matthew Jarron will give a talk entitled "Black Performances on the #Dundee Stage c.1840s-1940s." tinyurl.com/AHSBHM25
14.10.2025 20:06 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Join us tomorrow for our October talk on Alva House & Johnstone Estate, 7pm in Saline Church Hall🕖
14.10.2025 20:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Day 11 of #31DaysOfGraves - Military
Many churches in Scotland house markers that once marked the graves of fallen soldiers of World War One until they were replaced by the permanent headstones erected by the (now) CWGC.
This one in Clackmannan Parish Church once marked Cpt Robert Bruce's grave.
11.10.2025 22:50 — 👍 34 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0
🧥👚ENVIRO-VINTED!👗👖
Sat 8th Nov
Saline Community Centre
7pm
05.10.2025 19:20 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Overhead view of archaeological site at Carnoustie, showing 3 souterains
At the TAFAC Conference 2025, 1 Nov in Glenrothes, AOC's Steven Watt will be talking about 'More from Recent(ish) Excavations at Upper Victoria, Carnoustie: A Post-excavation Update and a Trifecta of Souterrains'
Photo (c) AOC: overhead shot of souterrains
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recent-arc...
30.09.2025 15:24 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🍁OCTOBER SPEAKER EVENT🍁
30.09.2025 18:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fife community launches campaign to take over historic church and create new venue
A Fife community has launched a campaign to secure a historic church which is facing closure as a place of worship and is expected to be sold.
A Fife community group called the "Future of Falkland Church Building" has launched a campaign to secure the historic church in their village which is facing closure as a place of worship and is expected to be sold within the next two years.
Full story here 👇
www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/people/...
24.09.2025 15:44 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
One from our Doors Open Days event last Sunday— a huge thank you to all who visited, we enjoyed speaking to everyone & leading tours of Saline's Old Kirkyard🌞
24.09.2025 19:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📚 Explore the artistry of historical pedigrees! Join @elsesoggenealogist.bsky.social for The Art of the Pedigree, a 3-week online course (10–24 Oct, 10:30–12:00) and discover how family trees were beautifully and symbolically depicted.
👉 Book now: portal.sog.org.uk/Ev...
22.09.2025 15:35 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Museum open for Doors Open Days tomorrow — 11am 'til 3pm🚪🙂
#Fife #heritage #DoorsOpenDays
20.09.2025 14:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Craigmillar Castle. The image shows a grassy area in the foreground with a tall grey stone wall beyond it, with a circular tower at either end. The structure has battlements on top and there are gables and other parts of buildings projecting above the wall. Three people are standing on top of the right-hand tower. The scene is in sunlight.
The superbly preserved Craigmillar Castle, three miles south-east of the centre of Edinburgh. Mary, Queen of Scots came here in December 1566 when the "Craigmillar Bond", a plan to kill her second husband, Lord Darnley, was agreed. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #Edinburgh
19.09.2025 06:01 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The 2025 programme looks great!Saline & District Heritage Society are booking our tickets🎟️
19.09.2025 07:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🔹We're open this Sunday, 21st September for Doors Open Days 2025
🔹Visit the Session House (below Parish Church) between 11am—3pm
#Fife #Heritage
18.09.2025 18:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Do you have cherished old photographs of your family? Here's how to preserve and display them:
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
16.09.2025 12:59 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
We're taking part in Doors Open Days 2025! Saline Museum, (located in the Session House below the Parish Church) will be open on:
*Sunday 21st Sept 11am—3pm*
www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/west...
#Fife #heritage #DoorsOpenDays
12.09.2025 19:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Slavery, Big Data, and the Cultures of Caribbean Ancestral Histories
Royal Historical Society public lecture at the University of Aberdeen
Next week, the Society is in Aberdeen to meet with historians and RHS members for the next in its visits programme for 2025.
The visit includes a public lecture, on Weds 17 Sept, @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social given by our guest speaker, Prof Matthew J. Smith: bit.ly/3IjbMVj. All welcome to attend 1/2
12.09.2025 08:37 — 👍 29 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 0
The ancient Caiy Stane. The image shows a an irregularly shaped stone standing in a semi-circular alcove in a low stone wall with a pavement in the foreground and houses beyond trees in the background, The scene is in sunlight.
The ancient Caiy Stane, measuring 2.75m high and 1.55m wide and standing beside a residential road in the southern suburbs of Edinburgh. Erected some 5,000 years ago, its modern setting would be totally alien to those who put it here. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #Edinburgh
12.09.2025 06:01 — 👍 31 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it.
Scholarly network, resource & podcast for all things relating to royal studies & the institution of monarchy across periods & locations! Oversees K&Q Conference
The Scottish History Society is a registered charity and the leading publisher of original sources relating to the history of Scotland. Founded in 1886, the Society has published over 170 volumes.
Tudor Times is the place to go for all things Tudor and Stewart (1485-1625) www.tudortimes.co.uk
History, Scotland. Probably writing about material culture, costume, household accounts, letters, and recipe books
Blog, remember them? https://vanishedcomforts.org/about/
We aim to increase access to Scotland’s Jewish history & encourage engagement with the collections of the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre.
Join us for a Guided Tour or book an Educational Visit with your school.
https://sjhc.org.uk/
Web development, data management and visualizations. Consulting services for scientific and r&d communities. https://www.researchelements.org/
Meldrum & Bourtie Heritage Society (MBHS). Sharing the fascinating history & heritage of the parishes and district of Meldrum and Bourtie. Visit us at: (new site coming soon!)
BCD is the UK's definitive free guide to resources for the conservation and repair of the historic built environment.
Created by Cathedral Communications. Find Historic Churches and the BCD here: www.buildingconservation.com
Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Exploring Britain’s war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
Archaeologist. Prehistory. Digital Archaeology. Rock Art. Mum of Boys, music, art, nature, animal lover. Avid yogi, veggie. Third Culture Kid
Senior Lecturer, Archaeology, University of Glasgow, the Urban Prehistorian, and Keeper of Hookland’s Stones. Glasgow’s Archaeologist in Residence (self-appointed)
TAFAC is a Scottish archaeological body which holds a well-respected annual conference and publishes an online journal yearly. Our out-of-print journals and monographs are mostly available on our website www.tafac.org.uk
🌳 A charity with the unique purpose of helping people to discover their place in history.
📜 Preserving the records of everyday lives & promoting family histories.
📍 Explore more: sog.org.uk
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #HistoryMatters
We are the Friends of Friendless Churches — we rescue, repair & protect historic ‘closed’ places of worship in England & Wales.
Podcaster, Historian, Writer, living in Salinas, California. Check out the Interesting Pod: https://pod.link/1826088946. Doctoral degree in counseling, pursuing a history PhD. I love hiking, mystery reading, & eating cereal in perilously unhealthy volumes.
Professional genealogist specialising in Scottish & Irish research. Postgrad Cert Genealogical Studies. Family & local history posts. Researching since 1990.
Prioritising need and creating momentum to tackle an urgent challenge for the nation | A @socantscot.bsky.social and @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social project | Supported by #NationalLottery #HeritageFund and the Pilgrim Trust
