The Whiteadder Tapes

September 2, 2020Archaeology, Borders, Creative Art, East Lothian, Music, stories and ballads

OOR_Scintilla have created The Whiteadder Tapes (released on Bandcamp Friday 4th Sept 2020). They record sounds in the natural environment and then add layers of voice, composed music and improvised performance. You can visit their Facebook page to find out more about this release here: https://www.facebook.com/oorscintilla/ You can find more about their involvement in the … Read More

Winter is coming

September 2, 2020Borders, Creative Art, East Lothian, News, Survey

The poet Kate Campbell helped us source a fantastic library of aerial photographs of the Whiteadder area in snow. These were commissioned by a local group to support an objection on landscape and visual grounds to the proposed Fallago Rig wind farm. They were taken from a flight over the Lammermuirs after heavy snow in … Read More

East Lothian Online Heritage Festival

August 26, 2020Archaeology, East Lothian, Medieval, News, Prehistoric

29th Aug – 13th Sept 2020 An exciting opportunity to celebrate East Lothian’s heritage in new ways, and to safely explore historic buildings and archaeological sites, without leaving home! There is an exciting programme of over 60 events – from virtual guided tours, presentations and films to workshops, poetry, and music, all about the heritage … Read More

Foraging Routes

August 26, 2020Borders, Creative Art, News

Landscape architecture duo ‘Sutherlandii’ have now completed a beautifully illustrated leaflet detailing a ‘Spring Foraging Walk’ along the Whiteadder river near Preston. You can download a low resolution version of the walk guide from here: http://whiteadder.aocarchaeology.com/foraging-routes/

Whiteadder: Heart of the Lammermuirs Festival

June 1, 2020Archaeology, Borders, Creative Art, East Lothian, Excavations, Medieval, Music, stories and ballads

Between 2-5th May 2020 we hosted a very successful online event to celebrate what would have been the 220th birthday of Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800-1860). The events were posted on the project’s Facebook page where you can still watch, read, listen and comment on them all! Over the next few days we will be adding some … Read More

A Medieval Sheepcote in the Bothwell Water Valley?

April 3, 2020Archaeology, Borders, Excavations, Medieval, News

During the first week of February, archaeologists and volunteers descended on the Bothwell Water Valley to undertake some targeted excavation of a previously unrecorded long building visible on the Whiteadder LiDAR survey.   The building measures approximately 50m long x 7.5m wide and consists of low turf covered banks of at least 1m wide with fairly straight sides and rounded … Read More