Bennachie Landscapes
Bennachie Landscapes
Fowk an’ the Lan’ - the Lan’ an’ the Fowk
This exciting new community project is looking at how your landscape and communities were made
You are invited to get actively involved
Bennachie Landscapes Projects:
Flora and Fauna - Post-glacial to present. Understanding how the plant and animal life has changed since the end of the last ice age.
Quarries, Bogs and Trackways - The exploitation of natural resources. Surveying the evidence of man’s exploitation of the hill through time.
The Bennachie Diaspora - Cultural links between Bennachie and the world. Making the Bailies’ archive material available on the web for families across the world whose roots are at Bennachie and exploring cultural linkages between that world-wide community.
Oral History in the Community - Memories of Bennachie and the Garioch. Recording the people around Bennachie and preserving their tales
Social Landscapes - Cultural change through time. Charting the social development of the communities on and around Bennachie.
Crafts, Drama and The Arts - Social commentaries through the ages. How socio-political change in the area has been popularly critiqued through time.
Bennachie Landscapes in the community - The practical application of results, using the knowledge gained as an education aid for the community.
Bennachie Landscapes seeks to:
Enable community groups and individuals around Bennachie to discover unknown aspects
of their built and natural heritage.
Provide a sustainable structure in order to ensure that future generations
in the area have similar opportunities.
Disseminate new local heritage information promptly so as to inform and
attract new community participants.
Encourage the development of Bennachie as a vibrant social centre to which participants can bring
and share their experiences and knowledge within a range of community activities.
This exciting new community project is looking at how your landscape and communities were made.
For information on how to get actively involved e-mail:
bennachielandscapes@scottish-heritage.org.uk
Bennachie Landscapes
Fowk an’ the Lan’ - the Lan’ an’ the Fowk
Partners currently involved:
The Bailies of Bennachie
The Bennachie Centre Trust
Jackson Armstrong, Department of History, University of Aberdeen
Gordon Noble, Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen
Jeff Oliver, Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen
Jo Vergunst, Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen
Penny Dransart, University of Wales, Trinity St David
(Fetternear Research Project and Scottish Episcopal Palaces Project)
Jonathan Trigg, Universities of Liverpool and Glasgow
(Fetternear Research Project and Scottish Episcopal Palaces Project)
Colin Shepherd, Landscape archaeologist
Forestry Commission Scotland
Bennachie Landscapes is committed to developing active links with all
primary and secondary schools in the area.
The projects are designed to help schools achieve the targets outlined within
the national ‘Curriculum for Excellence’.
The multi-disciplinary research approach is designed to enable students to
practically apply the theoretical models learnt in the classrooms.
This ‘hands-on’ application of the curriculum will help to contextualise school learning in a ‘real world’ environment and help to stimulate greater interest in the education process.
For further information on how to get actively involved email:
bennachielandscapes@scottish-heritage.org.uk
Bennachie Landscapes