Category: Talks

Note: This post is over 24 months old. Information may be outdated. Professor Ian Ralston entertained us with an engrossing…Continue readingNeolithic, Dark Age or both? A tale of eastern Scottish timber halls at Doon Hill, East Lothian, and Balbridie, Aberdeenshire

Note: This post is over 24 months old. Information may be outdated. Based on his work of many years at…Continue readingTaken to Court: a Window on Life in the Past

Note: This post is over 24 months old. Information may be outdated. The Fortification of the Firth of Forth by Gordon…Continue readingThe most powerful naval fortress in the British Empire:  fortification of the Firth of Forth, 1880-1977

Note: This post is over 24 months old. Information may be outdated. In a fitting contribution to the East Lothian…Continue readingSearch for Seton Palace

Note: This post is over 24 months old. Information may be outdated. Ian Gardner, Director of Rosslyn Chapel Trust, delivered…Continue readingRosslyn Chapel: Past, Present and Future

Note: This post is over 24 months old. Information may be outdated. Ed Bethune described the history of the Tranent…Continue readingThe History and Archaeology of the 1722 Waggonway and Cockenzie Salt Pans

Note: This post is over 24 months old. Information may be outdated. Based on her work on the Haddington Council…Continue readingHorrid Haddington

Note: This post is over 24 months old. Information may be outdated. Former Conservator and Collections Care manager at the…Continue readingAlchemy, Seaweed and Bottles – the early Scottish glass industry along the East Lothian coast

Note: This post is over 24 months old. Information may be outdated. Maritime archaeologist Dr Dan Atkinson, currently Director of…Continue readingShip to Shore – an assemblage of reused ship’s timbers in MacArthur’s Store, Dunbar

Note: This post is over 24 months old. Information may be outdated. Jon Cooper treated us to an enthusiastic and…Continue readingLeaving Nothing but the Plague: The Survivor’s Guide to the Siege of Haddington