BBC Scotland visit the Crannog centre
BBC Scotland’s ‘The Nine’ visited the Crannog Centre to learn about our Iron Age textile fragment. On Wednesday 26th January we were very excited to be visited by BBC Scotland’s news programme ‘The Nine’. They had come to film an item about one of our very special items, our 2,500 year old textile fragment. […]
Student Blogs – Erin “A Week at the Crannog”
Student Erin from the University of Stirling writes about her experience at the crannog centre. Hi, my name is Erin and I am a 25-year-old MSc Cultural Heritage student at the University of Stirling. I am working at the Scottish Crannog Centre for a period of 8 weeks on an equality, inclusivity, and diversity internship […]
Hyab Yohannes (UNESCO) – “A trip to a Crannog”
Hyab Yohannes – 4th/Oct/2021 A few days ago, I had the honour of visiting the Scottish Crannog Centre, having been invited by the UNESCO Chair at the University of Glasgow. The Scottish Crannog Centre is a community centre at the heart of a small village on Loch Tay. The centre volunteers told […]
Loch Tay Young Archaeologists Club – Summer Update 2021
The Loch Tay Young Archaeology Club has finally been able to restart meetings in person this year, and have been taking full advantage of the nice weather to get outside and involved in the Crannog Communities current projects. Caitlin is currently spending her Saturday’s with Izzie interpreting textiles to visitors and is becoming a natural […]
Student Blogs – Hannah & Kellian
Read about Edinburgh University Student volunteers, Hannah and Kellian’s experience at the Crannog Centre Archaeology Student Volunteers, Hannah and Kellian’s experience at the Crannog Centre. Hannah: I am going into my final year studying Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, and I really wanted to get some practical experience with elements of Iron Age society […]
“This place is a well” A visit by UNESCO Chairs Tawona & Allison
UNESCO Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts Chair members, Tawona Sitholé & Alison Phipps, recently visited the Crannog Centre, read about their experience here! “This place is a well” “It’s a long way off but inside it There are quite different things going on Festivals at which the poor man […]
The Bridge Project – A story that connects communities
The culmination of the Bridge Project was a co-authored story and a co-curated piece of art with Kenmore School. Here is the story of how the project unfolded. In April 2020 the bridge project was first discussed and eventually it started in January 2021. This was with the aid of funding from Historic Environment […]
Cameron – Kickstart Maintenance
Cameron talks about his Kickstart placement and the amazing work he has done so far! Cameron Roderick – Kickstart Maintenance Trainee I was asked to create a pathway into the woodland towards the end of May, to be ready for the event on Midsummer 21st June, and to make it tidy and maintained […]
“Remembering the Crannog Experience”
Volunteer Patricia Hromadova (on the right), studying Archeology at the University of Edinburgh, writes about her experience volunteering and the loss of the Crannog building. I was just about to write a blog about my volunteering experience at the Scottish Crannog Centre (SCC) when I discovered the videos showing the reconstructed Iron Age house […]
Iron Smelting Workshops
The furnace fired up a couple of weeks back to test our upcoming Iron Smelting workshops, run by Emma, one of our interpreters and experimental archaeologist. The clay furnace became a container for the iron ore, charcoal and super hot fire. After hours of feeding the furnace and working the bellows a brand new bloom […]