‘That’s an awful lot of reed…’
‘That’s an awful lot of reed…’ 28 tonnes (28,000 kg) of reed was recently delivered to our soon to be new home at Dalerb. The reed made its short journey from the RSPB Scotland Tay Reedbed site, located near Errol, Perthshire. Reed has been harvested from the reedbeds since the 18th century until 2005 when […]
Our Sustainable Journey
Our Sustainable Journey A seed hangs off the tree branch, waiting eagerly to start a journey… Hello, I’m Edd Hiden and I am the new sustainability coordinator at the Scottish Crannog Centre. I have been a volunteer at the Centre for several years, helping wherever I could – from learning to turn wood on the […]
Student Blogs – Harleigh’s Time at the Scottish Crannog Centre
Student Blog – Harleighs Time at the Scottish Crannog Centre. My name is Harleigh, I am a student at the University of Edinburgh, studying Archaeology and Social Anthropology. For the last few weeks, I have been volunteering at the Scottish Crannog Centre to gain insight into how such a fast-moving, small museum functions and entices […]
Staff Blogs: Jason – Experimental Bread Making
Experimental Bread Making – Jason Experimental archaeology can help us understand the past, by reconstructing ‘things’ in the present that were made, used, and discarded by the people of the past. At the museum we have a clay oven, which looks a little like a modern pizza oven and were used during the Late Iron […]
Volunteer Blog – Verity
Volunteer blog – Verity I recently left the Crannog Centre after two weeks of volunteering, and I came away with plenty to think about. One thing that struck me as I learned how to speak to tour groups about the finds in the museum and the Iron Age activities on-site was the emphasis placed on […]
Student Blogs – John: ‘An Iron Age Summer’
Student Blogs – John: ‘An Iron Age Summer’ Hi there everyone, my name is John and I’m currently working at the Crannog Centre as a museum interpreter. It’s been a great way to spend the summer, everyone is really friendly, and I’ve had the chance to do some really interesting things. I usually guide people […]
Volunteer Blogs – Rebecca: Highland Games
Well, I have been very busy the past week. The weather has been changeable and thankfully not too hot. I have heard they are having a heatwave in England. I am glad I am not there. It was Kenmore Highland Games This was my first Highland Games. So very novel for me. We had a […]
Volunteer Blogs – Maureen Kerr: Sourcing Fleece
I work in the textile area of the Crannog as a volunteer 2 or 3 days a week and I source much of their wool/fleece for spinning, dying and weaving. Last week was shearing time for the Cheviot flock that live near Durness in the far north-west of Scotland and I headed up there for […]
Visitor Blogs – Sioned: Clay Crannog
Sioned visited the Crannog this year, and was inspired by the clay pottery in our collection to make a miniature Crannog from the clay she was given during her visit. She then took this lovely little house and fired it, having completed a 10 week pottery course just before her visit, and sent us this […]
Student Blogs – Amy, Swan Neck Pin
Tayside Treasures is a free online event featuring talks from staff from 14 different museums across Tayside. Each member of staff picks an object from their collection and prepares a 5 minute talk discussing the object they have selected. This year it took place on the 25th of May. This year I was chosen to […]