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Merlin Fact and Fake: Conference and Field Trip

Behind the legend is a real historical figure who lived in the 6th century AD. How much of his story is true?

Discover also how Merlin and Arthur championed the ideals of changing times — Celtic independence, the creation of a British identity, decency over decadence, Jewish values, White supremacy, and the Aryan myth.

A leaflet giving full details is available for downloading, plius an application form for itending participents.

Where: 
The Proudfoot Institute Moffat
When: 
18-19 April 2020

Events at the Devil's Porridge Museum

Exhibitions at the Devil's Porridge Museum in 2020 are listed below. A booklet giving full detais of all events at the museum is available for downloading.

January 6th - April 1st
Annan Haaf Net exhibition:
a look at a unique method of fishing in the Solway dating back to Viking times

April 1st - May 17th
Dorothée Pullinger exhibition:
focusing on the life of the lady who made cars for ladies by ladies near Kirkcubright in the 1920s

The Eleventh Hadrian's Wall Archaeology Forum

The programme will include the following talks:

  • Results of the 2019 season at Vindolanda (Dr Andrew Birley)
  • Recent excavations outside the fort at Benwell (Richard Carlton; Tony Liddell)
  • Fieldwork undertaken as part of the Wallcap project (Dr Rob Collins)
  • The results of further analyses of burials excavated at Birdoswald in 2009 (Tony Wilmott)
  • A study of coinage in the northern frontier zone (Douglas Carr).

See the poster for more information.

Where: 
The Queen’s Hall, Hexham
When: 
Saturday, 29 February 2020, 9.45 - 4.15

Clish-Clash, the e-newsletter of the Scottish Local History Forum

Clish-Clash is the e-newsletter of the Scottish Local History Forum.

The newsletter gives recent and forthcoming news about activities in the local history community.

“Clish-clash” means “repeated gossip” in Scots, and the newsletter passes on information about local history activities.

The aim is to issue Clish-Clash bi-monthly, but this depends on the amount of information received from SLHF members and others.