In 1995-6 York Archaeological Trust undertook two seasons of excavation at Fey Field Whithorn,
directed by A. Clarke. The excavations uncovered the remains that were largely of 6th to 10
th
century date and related to the important early-medieval…
Report 2012
The 2010 excavations were coordinated by Jacquie Aitken (Clyne Heritage Society) and Joanna
Hambly (SCAPE Trust). The site was supervised by Joanna Hambly (SCAPE Trust) and Cathy Dagg
(Archaeologist) With assistance from Sarah Salem…
A guided tour of the Caen Township reconstruction created by the Open Virtual Worlds Group at St Andrews University. The reconstruction was created in partnership with the Timespan Museum and Arts Centre, Helmsdale, Scotland. Timespan:…
Caen Township represents life in the highlands of Scotland prior to the Highland Clearances. Based on the synthesis of archaeological and historical evidence this reconstruction locates the Caen Township within the context of its landscape in the…
Virtual digital interpretation inspired by a collection of photos from various locations within the camp during the Civil War. Created to give a greater understanding of the scale and layout of the camp during its use. All black and white photos are…
This report was written as part of the Tay Landscape Partnership’s project to understand, conserve and celebrate our vernacular clay buildings. The Tay Landscape stretches from west of Dundee to Perth and then south of the Tay as far as Newburgh.…
Buildings that were “made out of the ground upon which they stood” were once the most common vernacular structures in parts of Scotland. For more information, visit: http://www.taylp.org/historicbuildings/clay-buildings-of-the-carse/
Music: The…
This report was written as part of the Tay Landscape Partnership’s project to understand, conserve and celebrate our vernacular clay buildings. The Tay Landscape stretches from West of Dundee to Perth and then south of the Tay as far as Newburgh.…
Part of the CUPIDO project. This is a collaboration between the Highlanders Museum, based within Fort George near Inverness, and the School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews.
CUPIDO (Culture power to inspire development in rural…
This exhibition, ‘Ceòl Uibhist a Tuath’, takes a look at the music of North Uist through the ages. We journey through the works of John MacCodrum and Dòmhnall ‘Ruadh’ Choruna, who still influence present-day musicians, such as singers Julie Fowlis,…
This reconstruction was a collaborative project between the Open Virtual Worlds Team at the University of St Andrews and the Whithorn Trust.
The Whithorn Trust is a charity (Registered no. SC012178 ) which was set up in 1986 to explore the…
A collaborative project between ourselves and the Whithorn Trust. Whithorn embodies the history of Christian belief, power and practice in Scotland. A sacred place for Christians from at least the 600s, the cult of St Ninian flourished here for over…
Side Drum - made for use by the Pipe Band formed by Prisoners of War. It bears the badge of the Seaforth Highlanders.
Part of the Highlander’s Museum collection (Queen’s Own Highlanders Collection).
Whithorn has been a benchmark in archaeology, particularly thanks to the extensive research dig carried on in the 1980s by Peter Hill and his team. The stratigraphy of the site and the extensive medieval graveyard which interrupted lower layers made…
A well-known and documented railway disaster. The Tay Bridge disaster was a tragic event that occurred on December 28, 1879, when the central spans of the newly built Tay Rail Bridge in Scotland collapsed during a severe storm. A train carrying…
St Kilda is an isolated archipelago 64 kilometres west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean. It contains the westernmost islands of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
St Kilda is a National Trust for Scotland UNESCO World Heritage…
The introductory video to the Virtual St Kilda exhibit at Taigh-Tasgaidh + Ionad-Ealain Taigh Chearsabhagh / Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre 2014.
Thursday 24th October 2019 Held in Eyemouth by Blue Marine Foundation and Berwickshire Marine Reserve Blue Marine Foundation The Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) is working to solve the crisis in the oceans through providing innovative solutions to…
We create computer simulations so you can see the world as it might be seen by those with brain-based impairments of vision, called cerebral visual impairment or CVI.
CVI-SIM is a collaboration between the Schools of Medicine and Computer Science.…