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Archaeology of the Scottish Highlands | Boston Lecture

The National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA

in partnership with New England Historic Genealogical Society

presents

Ye Jacobites by Name: Recent Archaeology in Scotland’s Glencoe and Glenshiel

with

Derek Alexander, Head Archaeologist

National Trust for Scotland

National Trust for Scotland Head of Archaeology Derek Alexander will be in Boston, MA to present a lecture at the New England Historic Genealogical Society on Thursday, July 18. Tickets and reservations available at AmericanAncestors.org.

Derek Alexander (left) with National Trust for Scotland President, Neil Oliver at Glencoe.

About the Lecture

The popular series Outlander has introduced American audiences to daily life in 18th-century Scotland and to the Jacobite cause. The Trust, Scotland’s largest conservation charity, cares for many of the historic sites that were central to that history, including Culloden Battlefield. Now, the Trust is uncovering fascinating Highlands history at the 1719 battle site at Glenshiel and at the Glencoe settlement of Achtriachtan, which sent men to fight in 1745. (Glencoe was also the site of the infamous massacre of 1692 that inspired Game of Thrones’s Red Wedding.) Derek Alexander will discuss early results of these large-scale excavations and suggest future avenues of research and public engagement.

About Derek Alexander

Derek studied prehistoric archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, specializing in the later prehistory of temperate Europe. He joined the National Trust for Scotland in 2000 as the West Region Archaeologist, with responsibility for providing advice on the archaeological aspects of all properties in the region, for conducting small-scale research projects, and for commissioning and managing larger projects. Derek was appointed as Head of Archaeological Services for the Trust in 2011 and is responsible for the archaeology on many of the Trust’s Highland properties, including Culloden, Torridon, Kintail and Balmacara.

Archaeology of the Scottish Highlands

07/18/2019
5:30 pm

New England Historic Genealogical Society

99 – 101 Newbury Street

Cost: $20

Doors Open at 5:30pm
Lecture Begins at 6:00pm

New England Historic Genealogical Society

Gallery

Glencoe Scotland
Lagangarbh Cottage and River Coupal in Glencoe. VisitScotland / Paul Tomkins
Kintail Morvich Archaeology
The archaeology team working at the scene of the Battle of Glenshiel, on our Kintail & Morvich estate in Ross-shire.
Kintail Morvich Archaeology
The archaeology team working at the scene of the Battle of Glenshiel, on our Kintail & Morvich estate in Ross-shire.
Kintail Morvich
Kintail & Morvich
Kintail Morvich
Kintail & Morvich
Lagangarbh Hut, Glen Coe. Image: VisitScotland/Kenny Lam
The Three Sisters, Glencoe. Image: VisitScotland/Kenny Lam
Three Sisters Glencoe Scotland
The Three Sisters, Glencoe

Published: 13 June 2019

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