Adopt-a-Monument Cara Jones and Phil Richardson Archaeology Scotland adopt@archaeologyscotland.org.uk
Overall aims of the scheme We provide advice and training opportunities on Project planning and delivery Fundraising Networking and promotion Training Survey and recording Interpretation Health and Safety, insurance Over the next five years we aim to complete 40 AaM projects 15 Outreach projects
Phase one in a nutshell 2.5 staff members 3 short term placements 20 AaM sites 15 completed successful 5 projects are ongoing Highland and Argyll and Bute regions alone Adopt has worked with 266 people directly 1182 additional participants who have taken part in AaM project activities (e.g. open days, community excavations)
Traditional Adopt-a-Monument projects Kildevive (Isle of Mull) Swordle Bay (Ardnamurchan) Baliscate Chapel, Tobermoray (Isle of Mull) Ross of Mull graveyards and Townships project Mulchaich West Settlement (Ross and Cromarty) Caisteal Gorach (Ross and Cromarty) Harehope Ring Cairn (Scottish Borders) Banff Motte (Moray) Cell Block in Camp 21 Cultybraggen (Perth and Kinross) Rose Window, Balgay (Dundee) Ardoch / Braco (Perth and Kinross) Tarbert Castle (Argyll and Bute) Kilbride Kirkyard and Dunollie Castle (Argyll and Bute) Heights of Fodderty (Ross and Cromarty) Raigmore Stone Circle (Inverness) Kilallan Kirk (Renfrewshire) Cromarty Medieval Burgh (Ross and Cromarty) Tinkers Heart (Argyll and Bute) Keil Chapel and Kirkyard (Locahber) Calderbank Winding point (North Lanarkshire)
Kilbride Kirkyard nr Oban Working with Dunollie Castle Trust Outcomes Group have created a baseline record of the their site Have received training and project support from AaM Have had access to AaM equipment Celebrated the site with an open day Created a site management plan
Mulchaich Township and Chambered Cairn Working with NoSAS and following on from the RCAHMS Scotland s Rural Past project Outcomes Erected a perimeter fence to keep livestock out and repaired perimeter fencing where required Have successfully managed vegetation on site Create a vegetation management plan Produced a leaflet detailing the site Enhanced their web content on the NOSAS website Taken part in AaM training workshops and will take those skills to future projects
Swordle Bay Working in partnership with the Ardnamurchan Transition Project and Ardnamurchan Estates Outcomes Created a vegetation management plan for Cladh Aindreis Chambered Cairn Consolidated previous excavated trenches Create an interpretation panel to highlight the cultural heritage of the area Have helped the group facilitate outreach events to engage with the local community Project has created capacity - new community archaeology group now created which will take forward
Raigmore Ring Cairn Working in partnership with Raigmore Community Council and local residents Outcomes Exposed the internal features of the monument Have turned it into a focal point for the community rather than a garden feature Helped the group engage with the local school Installed on-site interpretation Help create a vegetation management plan Presented the results at HAF conference
Outreach Projects Six completed over the last two years Digging the Scene (Edinburgh) Dighty Connect (Dundee) Minding Merkinch (Inverness) Claypits Greenspace Initiative (Glasgow) Women at War (Ross and Cromarty) Tarbet Disability (Argyll and Bute)
Digging the Scene Encouraged participants of a drop in centre to research and record their historic environment Worked directly with 25 participants, but had a core group of 6 participants We promoted using the internet to do research and encouraged groups to use their local library Some our participants are computer illiterate and needed training and encouragement Digging the scene continued for one term after AaM formal workshops finished Digging the Scene
Dighty Connect Dighty Connect - established environmental project which works with different communities along the River Dighty in Dundee Wanted to investigate and record archaeology along the Dighty Worked with many focus groups along the Dighty Have produced a baseline record of upstanding archaeology within our study area
Women at War Working with participants to record and research the role of women at HMS Owl Received additional funding from the HLF All Our Stories fund Working with Ross-shire Women s Aid Informed by the Highland Council of urgent areas which required recording
Outcomes 20 Adopt-a-Monument Projects 15 additional groups have been supported with advice and guidance (either through a site visit or via email/ phone) 6 outreach projects Delivered 14 Training Workshops 6 Conference papers 7 Local society talks (at least!) 3 Online resources 1 online group forum
Workshops Completed 14 workshops in Highland Region and Argyll and Bute Covered themes such as Project planning, site survey, funding, photogrammetry, interpretation, archival research, desk based assessments Training courses helped attract additional members to individual projects
New scheme new ideas Training workshops Utilising new technology and promoting Digital Engagement Develop working partnerships Incorporating other ways to disseminate e.g. storytelling, poetry
Phase Two Projects Mellon Udrigle Roundhouse, Wester Ross Camas nan Geall Burial Ground, Ardnamurchan, Lochaber Raits Soutterain, Kingussie Carn Glas Chambered Cairn, Ross and Cromarty Green Isle Bell, Moidart Meadowside Cemetary Dundee (The Howff) Dunloch Lime Kilns Crossford, Waggon Road St Catherine s Hospice, Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline Glendaruel Forest Trust 51 projects on the waiting list (Still yet to advertise)
Phase Two projects
Audiences Confirmed Projects Douglas Support Estate Third Lanark Playing the Past Caring Travellers Proposed Outreach Projects Locating the location Stroma (Young people in Wick/ Thurso) Swimming the past
Partnership projects Canal College Lowland Brochs Rouken Glen ACCORD AaM Franchise
Thank you! Adopt-a-Monument is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund Historic Scotland Highland Leader Programme Argyll Leader Programme www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk adopt@archaeologyscotland.org.uk