RCAHMS Lunchtime Lectures
Come and find out more about Scotland’s architecture, archaeology and industry in our series of lunchtime lectures. Open to all, these lectures are presented by experts in their field on a wide range of subjects. Held in the RCAHMS Conference Room, the lectures start at 1pm and last for up to 1 hour including time for questions.
All talks are free of charge but must be booked in advance since places are limited. Book online using the links below, or see the full list on Eventbrite.
We are currently putting together the lecture schedule for 2013. If you would like to present one of these lectures please get in touch with philip.graham@rcahms.gov.uk.
2013 |
Lecture |
Book or download |
| Wednesday 9 January | 'Mapping the future for Scottish Canals heritage: 2013-38' Dr Sabina Strachan, Senior Heritage Advisor, Scottish Canals |
Unavailable |
| Thursday 14 March | 'Thinking through Drawing' Mark Cousins, Architect |
Unavailable |
| Friday 12 April | 'The Scottish Architectural Ironfounding Industry – a hidden success story?' Dr David S Mitchell, Director of Conservation, Historic Scotland |
MP3 (42MB) |
| Friday 26 April | 'Exploring the Thin Place: 30 years on from the RCAHMS Iona Inventory' Peter Yeoman, Head of Cultural Heritage, Historic Scotland |
MP3 (47MB) |
| Tuesday 21 May | 'Conservation Work at Ness Battery' Roger Curtis, Technical Research Manager, Historic Scotland |
MP3 (30MB) |
| Wednesday 22 May | 'Where next for Scotland’s Historic Environment Data: the SHED Strategy and PastMap' Bruce Mann, Aberdeenshire Archaeologist & Gary Wales, RCAHMS |
Unavailable |
| Wednesday 12 June | 'Scotland’s Architectural Heraldry – our armorial built heritage' Professor James Floyd, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University |
MP3 (38MB) |
| Wednesday 26 June | 'Historic Scotland - Major Projects' Peter Buchanan, Ryan Kerr, Vajira Premadasa, Jane Rahil - Major Projects Team, Historic Scotland |
Unavailable |
| Friday 12 July | 'The Pictish sculpture of Monifieth: in detail and in context' John Borland, RCAHMS |
MP3 (34MB) |
| Tuesday 16 July | 'Scotland's Places' Andrew Nicoll, RCAHMS |
MP3 (27MB) |
| Wednesday 24 July | 'Identifying Values, Assessing Significance: Revising Statements of Significance for Historic Scotland’s Properties in Care' Judith Anderson, Historic Scotland |
MP3 (36MB) |
| Monday 29 July | 'Taking the field: mapping archaeological sites in North Alabama' Dr George Makowski, University of North Alabama |
MP3 (28MB) |
| Tuesday 10 September | 'Should I stay or should I go? Movement and mobility in the Hebridean Neolithic' Angela Gannon, RCAHMS |
MP3 (46MB) |
| Monday 23 September | 'Footfall' Malcolm Fraser, architect |
Full details & booking |
| Tuesday 24 September | 'Ebb and Flow: Scottish Artists and the Sea' David Patterson |
Full details & booking |
| Wednesday 25 September | 'Sustaining the Arts: Culture and the City in a Changing Climate' Harry Giles |
Full details & booking |
| Thursday 26 September | 'Putting Edinburgh's parks in your pocket - how www.edinburghoutdoors.org.uk was developed' Sally Kerr |
Full details & booking |
| Friday 27 September | 'Calton Hill' Dr Kirsten Carter McKee |
CANCELLED |
| Thursday 31 October | 'Excavations at Brora Saltworks' Joanna Hambly, The SCAPE Trust, University of St Andrews |
Full details & booking |
| Friday 15 November | 'In the Footsteps of Thomas Ross - the Search for his Sundials' Dennis Cowan |
Full details & booking |
| Thursday 28 November | 'The Ultimate Paint Job – presenting the Forth Bridge to the World' Dr Miles Oglethorpe, Head of Industrial Heritage, Historic Scotland |
Full details & booking |
| Tuesday 10 December | 'The Folklore of Ancient Monuments in Scotland' Stuart McHardy |
Full details & booking |
2012 Lectures |
Download |
| 'Information Matters: The Secret Life of the Database' RCAHMS Data and Recording staff |
MP3 (28MB) |
| 'Discovering Cé: Excavations at an undocumented Pictish power centre at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire' Dr Gordon Noble, Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Aberdeen |
MP3 (43MB) |
| 'Recognising Traditional Lime Mortars' Roz Artis-Young, Director Scottish Lime Centre Trust |
MP3 (53MB) |
| 'Working Place and Social Space: The Lives of the Scots Herring Girls 1900-1950' Dr Jill de Fresnes, Skills for the Future Project Manager, RCAHMS |
MP3 (41MB) |
| 'Recreating Magnificence: the research background to the Stirling Castle Palace Project' Peter Yeoman, Head of Cultural Heritage, Historic Scotland |
MP3 (48MB) |
| 'Rosslyn Chapel' Brian Park, Page \ Park Architects |
MP3 (38MB) |
| ‘Britain from Above’ Ashley Beamer and Brian Wilkinson, RCAHMS |
MP3 (36MB) |
| 'The determination of public value of heritage' Paul Jardine, Jura Consultants Ltd |
MP3 (42MB) |
| 'The National Collection of Aerial Photography' Andreas Buchholz, RCAHMS |
MP3 (53MB) |
| 'Britain from Above. The Aerofilms Photographic Collection 1919-1953' Brian Wilkinson, RCAHMS |
MP3 (39MB) |
| 'Pointhouse: an illustrated history of the site of the new Riverside Museum in Glasgow' Professor John Hume, RCAHMS Chairman |
MP3 (44MB) |
| 'On the March: Roman Camps in Scotland' Dr Rebecca Jones, RCAHMS |
MP4 (40MB) |
| 'Kyleakin and the Ring Net: a Highland fishing community' Professor Will Maclean |
Watch on Vimeo |
| 'An antiquarian friendship: Alexander Carmichael, Captain Frederick Thomas, and the archaeology of the Outer Hebrides' Dr Donald William Stewart and Guinevere Barlow, Carmichael Watson Project |
MP3 (46MB) |
