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A trip to Dalvorar East and no wind for KAP!  A pole is a useful standby.

August 2010

 

West Lothian Archaeology News in Brief

1st May 2013: Launch of the The Scottish National Aerial Photography Scheme (SNAPS) - Pilot Project _________________________________________ Rosie Wells 1949 - 2013 Our images in print

Being updated retrospectively

2006

Armadale

The first front page image taken by Rosie on the 24th May 2006.  The rainbow appeared over Hardhill Wood just as Rosie turned to her husband, John, and said 'I think that I should set up a website for Armadale'.

2007

Hardhill Wood

Armadale

2008

Isle of Bute

2009

Caerwent

West Mulchaich

Strachur

Bristol

Limerigg

17 October  Falkirk Young Archaeologists' Club.

2010

January West Lothian Archaeology Group founded.

Braemar

August Briefly joined a Young Archaeologists' Club Leader training course.

Uist

2011

21 February Jim, Cade and John attend Canmore user group meeting.

2 March Comparison of Wenner resistive measurements (on 0.5 and 1m grids) with previous twin probe data.

6 March More resistance measurements by Jim.

2-3 April Photography of the southern gatehouse and resistivity survey of an unidentified circular feature.

22 - 24 April  Jim, Rosie and John demonstrate KAP (Historic Scotland).

27 April Jim, Rosie and John attended a DART (Detection of Archaeological Residues using remote sensing Techniques) workshop.

7 May Jim, Rosie and John attended the West Lothian History and Heritage Fair at Linlithgow Academy.

18 May Rosie and John talk to members of the Rotary Club about KAP.

June/July Rosie and John visit sites in Gloucestershire.

July Jim visits Rufford Abbey.

17-19 August Rosie and John attended the ISPRS Working Group V/2 Conference: Cultural Heritage Data Acquisition and Processing.

John finally meets up with kindred spirit Geert Verhoeven.

3-4 September Jim, Rosie and John demonstrate KAP. Historic Scotland Open Day.

30 September Rosie flies a modified thermal rig over Cairnpapple.

1 November Jim flies thermal rig at Blackness field with John and Rosie.

14 November RCAHMS Rosie, John and Jim gave lecture: Kite aerial photography in the visible and near infra-red parts of the spectrum: a neglected technique. (included preliminary thermal IR KAP images)

November First Visit by John and Rosie, in poor weather conditions. When appropriate, we will return with Jim and Bronwen to KAP the Biggar Archaeology excavation site.

2012

29 January KAP the Biggar Archaeology excavation site and construct a virtual 3D model.

1 February Edinburgh University Archaeology Society: Participate at their Fieldwork Fair.

13 March Edinburgh University Archaeology Society: Rosie, John and Jim give talk on kite aerial photography.

After talk dinner.

19 April Papers are signed to form the West Lothian Archaeological Trust, Scottish Charity SC043118.

12-13 May An activities weekend with visits by the Edinburgh and Stirling YACs, the public and other groups.

20 May to ~October We are working in partnership with Dave Cowley (RCAHMS) to record a plough-levelled site through the year at Lochlands.

Jim with his Longbottom delta sled kite at Lochlands, Falkirk.

18-22 June Thermally image a DART Project site with Anthony Beck and David Stott (Leeds University) and others at Harnhill Manor Farm

Ant to John's (with the hat) left and David to John's right 'bouncing off the walls' after 48 hours of capturing thermal images every 30 minutes from the top of 8m scaffolding!

23 August Group members Heidi, Rosie, John and James Gentles visit Kieran Baxter's KAP-based MSc display at Dundee University. Excellent!

Two parts of Kieran's display.

25-26 August With the Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society - test pits.

From 13 September Kite aerial photography boards, designed and funded by West Lothian Council, to be displayed in Armadale Library museum space.

Board 1 of 7

16 September Meet up with members of the Armadale Camera Club at Wood Park to demonstrate KAP.....or at least try in gusting high winds.

Donated HQ Power Sled 1.7 kite and Picavet rig.

29 September History and Heritage Day. Armadale Library museum space 10am-1pm.

20 October  Meet up with members of the Edinburgh University Archaeology Society.

Donated two kites, Picavet rig and Pentax compact camera to the Society.

Katie and Anna with EUAS's KAP rig and kites.

10 November Attend Scotland's Community Heritage Conference 2012 with display boards designed by West Lothian Council.

and Armadale

29 November Jeff Sanders, ScARF Project Manager at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, pops over to talk about kite aerial photography and fly a kite on Cairnpapple.

2013

January Jim  travels south again to the Queen's Sconce and Oxdon Hillfort.

30 January  Attend the launch of the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework (ScARF) at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

6 February Edinburgh University Archaeology Society: Participate at their Fieldwork and Information Fair.

12 February Give talk to 'Exposure' camera group in Beverley via Skype.

February - Donated KAP kit and pole to regional archaeologist (DC).

March - Donated a 2m HQ delta kite, 808#16D HD video camera and rig to local historian (RD) for personal use and work with primary school children.

 Alloa

11 March Give talk on kite aerial photography: Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society, Alloa Town Hall, Tommy Downs Room, 7pm for 7.30pm   Cancelled due to the death of Rosie on the 3rd March 2013.

27-28 April Demonstrating kite aerial photography on Cairnpapple.

Donated rigs, kites (Three HQ 2m Deltas, Three HQ 1.7 Power Sleds and a HQ Flow Form 2.0) and cameras (Four 808#16D HD video and one Pentax WG compact) to archaeology groups and individuals, all who work with children, amongst others.

1 May 2013: Officially launch our Scottish National Aerial Photography Scheme (SNAPS) - Pilot Project

2 May Kite aerial photography with Toronto Primary School, Livingston.

A near infra-red kite aerial photo of pupils investigating pond life.

A joint outing with fellow kite aerial photographer, Ron Dingwall, Chairman of the History of Armadale Association.

Armadale

9-11 May Give invited talk and KAP workshop at the ARCLAND Conference, Dublin.

Donated KAP equipment (808#16D HD video camera, Pentax WG-1 compact camera with GPS and interval mode (time lapse), 9ft Mylar delta and HQ Power Sled 1.7 kite) to one of the participants (KB), an archaeologist, for personal use and work with school groups (eg Balla Secondary School (2), Co. Mayo, Ireland).

13 May Canmore meeting at the RCAHMS.

~16-17 May A flying visit to the Hidden Heritage Project excavations in Tarbet along with with Northlight Heritage and pupils from Hermitage Academy.

808#16D near IR KAP

Near infra-red video clip

Both groups to receive both starter and standard KAP kits.

25 May   People in the Park III: 11am to 3pm in Almond Park in Craigshill, just below the rugby club.

4 July Give a keynote talk at an RSPSoc workshop: Remote sensing from small UAVs, University of Worcester.

Arthur's Seat

18 September Kite aerial photography workshop with the Edinburgh University Archaeology Society

Summer  Aerial Photography for the Pinkie Cleugh Battlefield Group