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Metal Detecting – Behind the scenes
You would normally come into contact with the Finds Liaison Officers when you record your finds, or if they visit your metal detecting club – but they are also responsible for promoting the work of the Portable Antiquities Scheme amongst detectorists, archaeologists and the general public through exhibitions, outreach and the media. This can involve…Continue…
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: Meggernie Castle
Meggernie Castle Dating to the 16th century this is a tall square tower attached to a larger hunting-lodge. The tower rises to 5 storeys with a steeply pitched roof. There are shot-holes below the sills of many of the windows. The walls which are now harled and whitewashed are 5 feet thick. Vaulted basement .…Continue…
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Our Past History.com
This complicated maze of walls along the cliff on the seaward side of the later church represent several building phases extending throughout the Norse period from the ninth to the twelve century, although most of the upstanding walls can be dated to the tenth century from the artefacts associated with them. Several later buildings were…Continue…
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Metal Detecting
Useful GPS links Garmin hints & tips http://www.gpsmap.net/GarminHints.html GPS tutorial http://www.trimble.com/gps/index.html Understanding GPS http://www.gpsnavmag.com/gps_navigation_training/gps_training_education.htm
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Metal Detecting
Global Positioning Systems http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/ OziExplorer http://www.oziexplorer.com/ Tracklogs http://www.tracklogs.co.uk/cgi-bin/publ/user.cgi?obj=home Easy GPS http://easygps.com Expert GPS http://expertgps.com GPS Trackmaker http://www.gpstm.com/ The GPS can only store limited amount of information, say 500 waypoints, maybe 20 reversable routes and perhaps 10 tracks, so at some point it is going to get full and to add new information you would need…Continue…
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Metal Detecting – National Council For Metal Detecting
Detecting Bodies / Code of Practice Home NCMD FID Code of practice TO PROMOTE TO PROTECT TO ENCOURAGE The National Council For Metal Detecting is the hobby organisation recognised and consulted by national and local government as The Voice of Responsible Metal Detecting. It consists of a countrywide network of metal detecting clubs, grouped…Continue…
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Skara Brae House 7
This is the best preserved of all the houses. Its dresser, box beds, hearth and storage spaces are all standard features of Skara Brae houses. The penned off area by the doorway was probably used for storing large pots. The reconstructed house at the visitor centre is based on house 7
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Skara Brae House 1
This shows the basic layout of all the houses in the village.The door is beneath you. Opposite is the dresser – around the dresser , set into the floor are three small tanks for preparing fish bait. Just to the right of the dresser is a large grinding stone. In the centre is the hearth.…Continue…
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Metal Detecting Recording your finds to your FLO by email
Recording your finds to your FLO by email Some FLO’s have accepted emailed submissions of finds from finders – but in a variety of formats. This format should ONLY be used where you have NO access to a FLO. In order to standardise the way this happens and to make it available for all users…Continue…
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: The Italian Chapel, Orkney
Images of The Italian Chapel, Orkney In 1940, around 1800 Italian Prisoners of War who had been captured in North Africa were taken to the Orkney islands to assist in building the Churchill Barriers under the premise that this was a civilian project linking islands with roads. In 1942 550 prisoners arrived on Lamb Holm…Continue…
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: Murthly Castle
Murthly Castle Tayside Original free standing tower of unknown age with alterations and additions dating from the late sixteenth century. Extensions have been added at various times several carrying 17th century dates. The rubble tower rises to 4 storeys with an attic. The tower is claimed to have been a hunting-seat of the old Scottish…Continue…
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: Mingary Castle
Mingary Castle This castle guards the entrances to the Sound of Mull and Loch Sunart. It was erected inside a wall of enciente shaped to the rock and dates from the 13th century. The main entrance was by sea up cut steps from the rock. Three ranges of buildings stand within the curtain wall .…Continue…
