Orkney is one of the most exciting areas in the world for marine archaeology. Scapa Flow and the waters around the islands offer divers the unprecedented opportunity to explore shipwrecks from both world wars.
The University of the Highlands and Islands together with the Nautical Archaeology Society are now enrolling students for a 3-day marine archaeology course: Recorder and Surveyor Day. The course will provide an opportunity to dive on shipwreck sites at the Churchill Barriers in addition to sites in the Bay of Ireland, Stromness.
- Duration: 3 Days
- Time: 9.00 am to 5.00/6.30 pm
- Venue: Bay of Ireland; Churchill Barriers
- Dates: 10 -12th February 2017
- Tutor: Sandra Henry
- Qualification: The Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) Underwater Recorder and Surveyor Day
- Cost: £120 (course is subsidised by Historic Environment Scotland)
The cost excludes accommodation and equipment hire.
This three-day course is aimed at anyone interested in maritime archaeology and heritage underwater.
The recorder and surveyor days will entail underwater survey and recording remains of blockship wreck sites at the Churchill Barriers and on a submerged landscape site at the Bay of Ireland near Stromness, Orkney. Participants will directly contribute to the understanding of Orkney past landscapes and ongoing monitoring of the wartime heritage in Scapa Flow.
Participants in the course will:
- Learn about the factors involved in planning archaeological work and projects
- Understand how to conduct a 2D survey
- Learn how to set out and position-fix a grid (intertidal only/site dependant)
- Understand how to use a planning frame
- Produce a 2D survey that can be used for further project planning.
There are two NAS E-Learning courses available online (Introduction to Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Archaeology) which are complementary to the practical 3Day course. They do not have to be done first, although it would be helpful if you completed them before you arrived in Orkney. These courses can be accessed here.
To reserve a place please contact:
- Sandra Henry, The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, Orkney College UHI, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1LX.
- E-mail: studyarchaeology@uhi.ac.uk
- Tel: 01856 569225
This course has been subsidised by Historic Environment Scotland.
Do you have any posters you could send me as a jpg or pdf for me to out on bulletin boards around my university? The archaeology students here need wider opportunities. kate greene
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your silences will not protect you… audre lorde
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