Updates to the HRSG website [posted 27.02.08]
As the Scotland's Rural Past website is now online and providing many useful resources we have made some changes and updates to this website to reflect this. We have removed the Message Board from this website, as the SRP website provides such a facility. Follow this link to go to the SRP message board http://www.scotlandsruralpast.org.uk/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=140
Report on the HRSDG meeting in the Isle of Bute, May 2007 [posted 23.02.08]
Click here to download the report.
FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The HRSDG Conference and Field Excursion to Isle of Bute, May 2007 [posted 26.03.07]
This is the final announcement of the conference and excursion to Rothesay, Isle of Bute. Please click here to download the registration form and further information about the event.
ANNOUNCEMENT: The HRSDG Conference and Field Excursion, May 2007 [posted 02.11.06]
A conference and excursion to Rothesay, Isle of Bute will take place on Sat 12th May 2007. Please click here to download the registration form and further information about the event.
Historic Rural Settlement Discussion Group - Report on Kelso Meeting, May 2006 [posted 02.11.06]
Click here to download the report on the HRSDG Kelso meeting.
Historic Rural Settlement Group Field Training Course [posted 19.08.05]
The Historic Rural Settlement Group’s third annual field training course will be held on Speyside in mid September. The event will, as before, concentrate on the identification and recording of rural settlement remains in the landscape, using techniques and equipment widely available to non-professional fieldworkers.
Click here to download more information about the training weekend
If you would like to attend, please contact Steve Boyle at RCAHMS by email (steve.boyle@rcahms.gov.uk) or by phone (0131-662-1456) as soon as possible.
Historic Rural Settlement Discussion Group 2006 [posted 21.07.05]
Historic Rural Settlement in the East and Middle Marches, Kelso, Borders Region, Saturday May 6th, 10am to 5pm.
This meeting is the latest in a series of annual conferences and field visits to regions of Scotland co-ordinated by the Historic Rural Settlement Group. Click here to download more information about this event.
If you would like to register your interest in this meeting, please reply by returning the registration form, or if easier, by writing an e-mail or letter including the information requested, to:
Dr. Richard Tipping
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences,
University of Stirling,
Stirling FK9 4LA.
e-mail: rt1@stir.ac.uk
Historic Rural Settlement Discussion Group meeting [posted 07.05.05]
The Historic Rural Settlement Discussion Group (formerly the Medieval or Later Rural Settlement Discussion Group) are meeting at Braemar, Deeside on Saturday 14. May 2005. Deeside. As in previous years the format involves a morning of presentations and discussion, with a site visit in the afternoon. This year we will be visiting the ruined township of Auchtavan, high on the hillside above the River Dee between Braemar and Ballater.
The cost will be £10 per person, including coffee. It is not necessary to book, or to pay, in advance, but as it would be helpful to have some idea of numbers, I would be grateful if those who intend to come could let me know either by email or by phone.
Steve Boyle
RCAHMS
Tel: 0131-662-1456
email: Steve.Boyle@rcahms.gov.uk
Grants information [posted 20.03.05]
Information of how to apply for grants for fieldwork etc. and where to apply is now listed on the grants information page.
"The Blackhouses of Arnol" [posted 20.03.05]
This new book has been added to the recommended reading page.
MoLRS Working Group minutes 2004 [posted 20.03.05]
More MoLRS WG minutes have been added to the about us page, completing the series through to the end of 2004.
New projects added to the projects page [posted 14.02.05]
Two new projects, the Archaeological Survey of Clan MacFarlane and Township Cosàg: survey and strategy for reuse, have been posted on the projects page.
Additions to the MoLRS bibliography [posted 14.02.05]
Further references have been added to the searchable MoLRS bibliography.
Scotland's Rural Past [posted 24.11.04]
The Scotland’s Rural Past Project aims to encourage interested individuals to find out more about historic rural settlements in their locality and to become involved in researching, recording, interpreting, preserving, conserving and promoting them. The Historic Rural Settlement Trust was established in 2004 by the MoLRS Working Group, and the Scotland’s Rural Past Project is also supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic Scotland.
At present, the project is in its planning stage and we would welcome your views, which are vital the development of the initiative. We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete the project questionnaire. Please note that the questionnaire should be emailed to Dr. Lindsey Thomson, or posted to AOC Archaeology Group, Edgefield Industrial Estate, Edgefield Road, Loanhead, Midlothian, EH20 9SY.
Featured articles [posted 19.09.04]
Two featured articles on Raasay and Ionad Eachdraidh an Rois Mhuilich have been added to the website.
Conference proceedings online [posted 17.09.04]
The full text of the "Medieval or Later Rural Settlement 10 years on" conference proceedings can now be accessed online from the MoLRS WG website.
Additions to the Recommended Reading page [posted 17.09.04]
Medieval or Later Rural Settlement - Historic Scotland's approach (HS 1998) was added to the list of recommended reading.
More MoLRS sites to visit [posted 23.08.04]
More sites have been added to the Sites to Visit page.
New projects added to the projects page [posted 03.08.04]
Four new projects have been submitted to the MoLRS WG website - the new projects are: 19th century house carpenters in the far North, The Flora MacDonald Project, The Highland Settler Project, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island and Written in the hills: human impacts on upland diversity, past, present and future. Thanks to those who submitted their project details.
MoLRS bibliography [posted 11.06.04]
A new and improved searchable catalogue of MoLRS publications has been put online
The Ardess Hidden History Trail PDF leaflet [posted 13.03.04]
A downloadable copy of The Ardess Hidden History Trail leaflet is now available. Click here to go to the relevant page.
The MoLRS photo gallery [posted 11.03.04]
A slide show, currently consisting of 15 images, showing different aspects of MoLRS sites and landscapes has been added to the website
The MoLRS Discussion Forum [posted 25.01.04]
On 25 January 2004 the MoLRS Discussion Forum was launched. The MoLRS Discussion Forum is a message board aimed at anyone with an interest in MoLRS in Scotland. The message board provides a forum for discussion about MoLRS as well as a point of contact for those with an interest in the subject.
New projects added to the projects page [posted 25.01.04]
A.C.F.A., Renfrewshire Local History Forum, Ionad Eachdraidh Rois Mhuile (Ross of Mull Historical Centre) and Heather James have submitted summaries of their projects to the website. Thank you.
DES deadline
Discovery and Excavation in Scotland.
The Council for Scottish Archaeology has announced that the deadline for contributions to their journal Discovery and Excavation in Scotland will be moved from late October to the 15th of December. For details of how to make contributions to the journal, contact CSA c/o Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, tel. 0131 247 4119, email csa@nms.ac.uk. Information from the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland newsletter, February 2003.
Disclaimer
Many of the news items posted on this page derive from sources outwith the Historic Rural Settlement Group. We post those items we consider relevant to the subject, but do not routinely research the source or the veracity of the information provided. The inclusion of an item should not, therefore, be taken to imply endorsement by the Historic Rural Settlement Group.
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