The talk will cover Hutton’s contributions both as an innovative farmer and a skilled natural philosopher. His contribution on heat…Continue readingJames Hutton: the forgotten Berwickshire farmer

The East Lothian Antiquarian and Field Naturalists’ Society, established in 1924, is a membership organisation and a charity. Member events include outings and a copy of the Transactions for just £15/annum. We also welcome short contributions from members for the website.
The talk will cover Hutton’s contributions both as an innovative farmer and a skilled natural philosopher. His contribution on heat…Continue readingJames Hutton: the forgotten Berwickshire farmer
The ELFANS Annual Dinner and AGM shall take place in April and May Annual Dinner 2023 For the first time…Continue readingDates for the diary – AGM and Annual Dinner
The Society is pleased to present this talk at 2.30 PM on Saturday 18th March, 2023 at the Maitlandfield House…Continue readingLife in Mesolithic East Lothian
Professor Roland Paxton and Northern Lighthouse Board have kindly granted permission for the Society to make the following article available,…Continue readingJohn Rennie
As the Society is a member of the British Association for Local History (BALH), our members can benefit from discounted…Continue readingBritish Association for Local History
Talk by Dr Fraser Hunter, Principal Curator, Iron Age & Roman Collections, National Museum of Scotland. The Society is pleased…Continue readingThe Roman Treasure from Traprain Law
The Society has received information from Dr DJ Johnston-Smith, Director of the SCT, seeking volunteer help to record local church…Continue readingScottish Churches Trust Recording Project
The amazing Strutter project – talk by Gerald Lohan, a member of the team building a working replica of the…Continue readingThe Amazing Strutter
Our “sister” society, the Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club has two talks scheduled which might be of interest to our members.Continue readingBerwickshire Naturalists’ Club – Two Talks this autumn
Talk by Lesley Fairweather, a retired biology teacher, with a keen interest in local flora and fauna. The Society is…Continue readingWoodhall Dean – largely unseen