Highland Archaeology Festival Events Calendar

You can view events as monthly calendar or a list. With all the events scheduled for the HAF fortnight, you will find it easier to view as a list! Click on the event name for more details.

After each event title, there is a code for the region in square brackets: ON = Online Event, AR = Argyll, BS = Badenoch & Strathspey, CA = Caithness, IN = Inverness & area, LO = Lochaber, MO = Moray, NA = Nairn, RC = Ross & Cromarty, SL = Skye & Lochalsh, SU = Sutherland. 
 

For walks, organisers have rated them:

  • Level 1: a simple walk, appropriate for all reasonably mobile people
  • Level 2: a longer or more rigorous walk appropriate for those used to walking in the outdoors
  • Level 3: a long or strenuous walk demanding a moderate degree of fitness and health.

For all outdoor walks ensure you have suitable footwear for rough walking (preferably boots) and bring waterproofs and warm clothing.

There is also a list of self-guided trails that you can explore at any time.

Where appropriate we have added reference numbers (format MHG1234) enabling you to find out more about the sites in the Highland Historic Environment Record, the most complete record of archaeological sites and historic buildings for the Highland region.

For details on how to book, where required, click on the individual event entries.

To view as a monthly calendar click here.
 Saturday, 23 September 2023
09:00 - 16:00 Hilton of Cadboll Excavation
09:00 - 16:00 Hilton of Cadboll Excavation Open Day (RC)
10:00 - 12:30 WW2 focused tour of the Inverness RADAR filter bunker [IN]
10:00 - 12:30 Discover Grantown [BS]
10:00 - 11:00 Pictish Stencil Art (RC)
10:00 - 16:00 Carnassie Rock Art Excavation Open Day [AR]
10:00 - 16:00 Highland Family Heritage Day (RC)
Launching HAF this year, with a family day full of activities for all ages
10:00 - 15:00 Castle Roy Open Day (BS)
11:00 St Ninian's 30-year Journey among the Picts of Scotland [SU]
11:30 - 12:30 Learn Insular Calligraphy and Make a Quill Pen (RC)
13:00 - 15:00 Dig, Carve & Paint at Glencoe Museum [LO]
13:00 - 16:00 Tour of Kinloss Abbey and the usually locked Abbot's House (MO)
 Sunday, 24 September 2023
09:00 - 16:00 Hilton of Cadboll Excavation
10:00 - 13:00 Glenbeg - Grantown's Hidden Gem [BS]
10:00 - 16:30 Guided walk around the cleared townships of Urachoile and Dalvait, Strath Brora (SU)
10:00 - 15:00 Castle Roy Open Day (BS)
13:00 - 15:00 Dig, Carve & Paint at Glencoe Folk Museum [LO]
16:00 - 18:30 WW2 focused tour of the Inverness RADAR filter bunker [IN]
 Monday, 25 September 2023
09:00 - 16:00 Hilton of Cadboll Excavation
13:30 - 14:30 An Engineered Landscape: A country retreat of the Victorian engineer Sir John Fowler (RC)
 Tuesday, 26 September 2023
10:00 - 15:00 Creative mapping and Book-Binding Workshop (IN)
11:30 - 13:00 Chambered Cairns of the Black Isle: The Temple, near Tore (RC)
14:00 - 15:30 Chambered Cairns of the Black Isle: Mulchaidh, near Alcaig (RC)
 Wednesday, 27 September 2023
10:30 - 12:30 Chambered Cairns of the Black Isle: Auchterflow (and the Folds of Auchterflow)
11:00 - 15:00 Their Finest Hour - Bring along your wartimes stories! (LO)
13:20 - 16:00 Prehistoric Monument Walk in Kilmartin Glen (AR)
14:00 - 16:00 Chambered Cairns of the Black Isle: Kilcoy (RC)
19:00 - 21:00 Bryan Longmore Memorial Lecture: Alexander Ross: The Making of Inverness. Exploring The Townscape of Inverness and its significance to the City today (IN)
 Thursday, 28 September 2023
10:00 - 12:30 Backies Broch Guided Walk (SU)
14:00 - 15:00 Dingwall Heritage Trail Walk (RC)
 Friday, 29 September 2023
11:00 - 14:00 Picts in Dingwall Museum (RC)
16:00 - 18:30 WW2 focused tour of the Inverness RADAR filter bunker [IN]
19:00 - 20:30 10,000 Years around Loch Spynie: people in a changing coastal environment (MO)
 Saturday, 30 September 2023
10:00 - 11:00 The Picts! Online Young Archaeologists’ Club Workshop (Online)
10:00 - 13:00 A Walk in the Pass/t Errogie to Inverfarigaig(IN)
10:00 - 14:00 Picts, Distillery and Standing Stones [BS]
10:30 - 13:00 Boath: 2 Settlements with Corn-drying Kilns (RC)
11:00 - 16:00 Open Day/”Hector” emigration at Clachan Church (RC)
11:00 - 16:00 Digging up the Past at Strathnaver Museum [SU]
14:00 - 16:00 Walking Brora's Jurassic Coast: rocks and fossils, salt making and coastal erosion [SU]
14:00 - 15:30 ‘What Bones Can Tell Us: Human Osteo-Archaeology and Forensics’ (IN)
 Sunday, 1 October 2023
10:00 - 11:30 A Sunday Stroll on a Sutherland Shore [SU]
10:00 - 14:00 Explore the Dava Moor [BS]
10:00 - 16:00 Military Road Walk at Invermoriston [IN]
12:00 - 14:30 WW2 focused tour of the Inverness RADAR filter bunker [IN]
13:30 - 16:30 Secrets of the Forest: recently discovered post-mediaeval sites at Lower Guisachan (IN)
14:00 - 15:00 Dingwall Heritage Trail Walk (RC)
 Tuesday, 3 October 2023
10:00 - 15:00 Creative mapping and Book-Binding Workshop (IN)
 Wednesday, 4 October 2023
11:00 - 15:00 The Ballachulish Goddess: 10 Minute talk at Glencoe Folk Museum [LO]
13:20 - 16:00 Prehistoric Monument Walk in Kilmartin Glen (AR)
19:00 - 20:00 The Campaign for Women’s Suffrage in the Highlands (RC)
 Thursday, 5 October 2023
11:00 - 15:00 ​The Ballachulish Goddess: 10 Minute talk at Glencoe Folk Museum [LO]
13:30 - 16:00 Tour of part of the WW2 defences of Bonar Bridge [SU]
17:30 - 18:30 Online Talk with Dr Darroch Bratt: '‘Spare a thought for the exciseman: looking at the social world of whisky smuggling’ (Online)
19:00 - 20:00 Illustrated talk - "Are we nearly there yet? The story of Scottish milestones" (SU)
19:30 - 21:00 Contin's Hidden History: recent geophysical survey at Contin Parish Church (RC)
 Friday, 6 October 2023
10:00 - 16:00 Open Day at Tarradale Excavation [RC]
10:00 - 14:30 Flint Knapping Workshop [AR]
11:00 - 15:00 The Ballachulish Goddess: 10 Minute talk at Glencoe Folk Museum [LO]
12:00 - 16:00 Visit to Kinlochleven WW1 PoW camp [LO] CANELLED DUE TO WEATHER WARNING
12:00 - 16:00 Dingwall Museum - Explore the Collection with a Guide (RC)
19:30 - 21:00 Gonzo Archaeology: the search for a creative archaeological narrative (IN)
Highland Archaeology Festival Conference - Plenary Session
19:30 - 21:00 Gonzo Archaeology: the search for a creative archaeological narrative (IN)
Highland Archaeology Festival Conference - Plenary Session
 Saturday, 7 October 2023
09:00 - 17:00 Highland Archaeology Festival Conference (IN)
10:00 - 14:00 Explore Dulnain Bridge [BS]
10:00 - 16:00 Treasure Trove Finds Day (IN)
10:00 - 14:00 Errogie Kirk - Creative Church Project (IN)
10:00 - 17:00 Get in Touch with History at the North Coast Visitor Centre, Thurso (CA)
10:30 - 11:30 Storytelling: Pine Soot or Dubh a’ Ghiuthais (RC)
10:30 - 11:30 Dingwall Heritage Trail Walk (RC)
11:00 - 16:00 Ancient Technology at Kilmartin Museum (AR)
 Sunday, 8 October 2023
09:00 - 17:00 Highland Archaeology Festival Conference (IN)
10:00 - 14:00 Expore the Dava Way [BS]
11:00 - 16:00 Ancient Technology at Kilmartin Museum (AR)
 Monday, 9 October 2023
10:00 - 16:00 Kid's Quiz at West Highland Museum [LO]
13:00 - 16:00 Picts in the House (RC)
13:00 - 14:30 WW2 focused tour of the Inverness RADAR filter bunker - Children's Event[IN]
19:30 - 20:30 Rebuilding Brora's Salt Making Heritage [online talk]
19:30 - 20:30 Telford's Work on Skye [SL]
 Tuesday, 10 October 2023
10:00 - 16:00 Kid's Quiz at West Highland Museum [LO]
11:00 - 12:30 Children's Activities at Dunrobin Castle [SU] - CANCELLED
11:00 - 12:30 Carn Glas Essich Chambered Cairn [IN]
12:00 - 13:00 Tales of the '45: A Jacobite Walk around Inverness (IN)
 Wednesday, 11 October 2023
10:00 - 16:00 Kid's Quiz at West Highland Museum [LO]
10:30 - 11:30 Kid's Mini-Dig at West Highland Museum [LO]
11:00 - 16:00 Marcus the Medicus: Roman Battlefield Medicine (IN)
13:20 - 16:00 Prehistoric Monument Walk in Kilmartin Glen (AR)
 Thursday, 12 October 2023
10:00 - 16:00 Kid's Quiz at West Highland Museum [LO]
15:00 - 16:30 Metal Detecting and Historic Battlefields at Culloden Battlefield [IN]
19:30 Talk: Caithness Broch Project: Tall Tours, Grass Roots [SU]
 Friday, 13 October 2023
10:00 - 16:00 Kid's Quiz at West Highland Museum [LO]
13:00 - 14:30 WW2 focused tour of the Inverness RADAR filter bunker - Children's Event [IN]
 Wednesday, 18 October 2023
10:30 - 11:30 Kid's Mini-Dig at West Highland Museum [LO]
 Saturday, 21 October 2023
10:00 - 14:00 Viking Pewter and Silver Casting [SL]
 Thursday, 26 October 2023
19:00 - 20:00 Illustrated talk - Aultcraggie Excavations - NOTE NEW DATE


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