KIDNAPPED, by Robert Louis Stevenson For @lrb.co.uk’s NOVEL APPROACHES, Clare Bucknell, Andrew O’Hagan & Tom Crewe explore Stevenson’s startlingly modern handling of perspective & pacing, his approach to the art of fiction, & the value of being ‘betwixt & between’ 💙📚 www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

Thank you @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social for a brilliant conference yesterday in Rothes Halls. Talks were interesting & great to meet other societies🙂 #Fife #heritage

At our TAFAC conference on 1 Nov 2025, we'll be showcasing 'Tayside Treasures', objects curated by members of Tayside Museums Forum. 'A Cornucopia of Objects from across Tayside’s Museums' is presented by Lara Haggerty, Dorothy Jones, Angus MacIntyre, Jamie Kunka, Christina Donald and Mark Hall.

📍November Speaker Event — Kinnesswood poet Michael Bruce (1746-67) #Fife #heritage

Gracious! Might there be any carvings on it & could it be carefully(!) cleaned in order to find out?

Looking forward to meeting up with all our exhibitors at the next TAFAC Conference on Saturday, 1 November in Glenrothes. For friendly archaeological chats and information, bargain books and quirky gifts, our lovely stallholders are getting ready to meet you.

We're looking forward to the speaker events & meeting everyone! #Fife

Enjoy watching a podcast-style video about life & legacy of Robert Leighton - who chose bridge-building over battle lines - & whose bequest led to Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library, Scotland’s oldest purpose-built independent library. ▶️ youtu.be/q0GMwC54eG8 …/👇

Secret Maps opens today! 🤫 🗺️ From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years. Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps

SCA invites members, stakeholders, and the wider sector to take part in our upcoming series of online consultations to explore the case for developing a National Archives and Records Strategy for Scotland. Find out more and book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-a...

Heritage Society 🤝 Archaeology Our investigation into Saline's mediaeval kirk continues... Full report coming soon! #Fife #heritage #archaeology

/…you into Dunblane Cathedral & Dunblane Museum, both just few steps away from Leighton Library. Dunblane Museum has knitted mice characters trail, & Dunblane Cathedral has photograph explorer trails. And they are all free!…/

As it’s the school holidays, visit Dunblane's historic Leighton Library where young visitors & those young at heart can have a go at very popular LEGO® Minifigure Trail. When completed, have a go at Photo Explorer Trail, & then "Find Robert Leighton Quest" which also takes…/👇

A reminder that we have an extra event tomorrow as part of #BlackHistoryMonth when Matthew Jarron will give a talk entitled "Black Performances on the #Dundee Stage c.1840s-1940s." tinyurl.com/AHSBHM25

Join us tomorrow for our October talk on Alva House & Johnstone Estate, 7pm in Saline Church Hall🕖

Day 11 of #31DaysOfGraves - Military Many churches in Scotland house markers that once marked the graves of fallen soldiers of World War One until they were replaced by the permanent headstones erected by the (now) CWGC. This one in Clackmannan Parish Church once marked Cpt Robert Bruce's grave.

🧥👚ENVIRO-VINTED!👗👖 Sat 8th Nov Saline Community Centre 7pm

At the TAFAC Conference 2025, 1 Nov in Glenrothes, AOC's Steven Watt will be talking about 'More from Recent(ish) Excavations at Upper Victoria, Carnoustie: A Post-excavation Update and a Trifecta of Souterrains' Photo (c) AOC: overhead shot of souterrains www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recent-arc...

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A Fife community group called the "Future of Falkland Church Building" has launched a campaign to secure the historic church in their village which is facing closure as a place of worship and is expected to be sold within the next two years. Full story here 👇 www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/people/...

One from our Doors Open Days event last Sunday— a huge thank you to all who visited, we enjoyed speaking to everyone & leading tours of Saline's Old Kirkyard🌞

📚 Explore the artistry of historical pedigrees! Join @elsesoggenealogist.bsky.social for The Art of the Pedigree, a 3-week online course (10–24 Oct, 10:30–12:00) and discover how family trees were beautifully and symbolically depicted. 👉 Book now: portal.sog.org.uk/Ev...

Museum open for Doors Open Days tomorrow — 11am 'til 3pm🚪🙂 #Fife #heritage #DoorsOpenDays

The superbly preserved Craigmillar Castle, three miles south-east of the centre of Edinburgh. Mary, Queen of Scots came here in December 1566 when the "Craigmillar Bond", a plan to kill her second husband, Lord Darnley, was agreed. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Edinburgh

The 2025 programme looks great!Saline & District Heritage Society are booking our tickets🎟️

🔹We're open this Sunday, 21st September for Doors Open Days 2025 🔹Visit the Session House (below Parish Church) between 11am—3pm #Fife #Heritage

Do you have cherished old photographs of your family? Here's how to preserve and display them: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

We're taking part in Doors Open Days 2025! Saline Museum, (located in the Session House below the Parish Church) will be open on: *Sunday 21st Sept 11am—3pm* www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/west... #Fife #heritage #DoorsOpenDays

Only 3 more chances to see our displays in Saline Museum this year! Sun 14th 10:30am—noon Tue 16th 6pm—8pm Sun 21st 11am—3pm Plenty of photos, local leaflets, heritage info &tc available🙂🔎 #Fife #heritage #museum

Next week, the Society is in Aberdeen to meet with historians and RHS members for the next in its visits programme for 2025. The visit includes a public lecture, on Weds 17 Sept, @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social given by our guest speaker, Prof Matthew J. Smith: bit.ly/3IjbMVj. All welcome to attend 1/2

The ancient Caiy Stane, measuring 2.75m high and 1.55m wide and standing beside a residential road in the southern suburbs of Edinburgh. Erected some 5,000 years ago, its modern setting would be totally alien to those who put it here. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Edinburgh

We're taking part in Doors Open Days 2025! Visit us on Sunday 21st September between 11am — 3pm at Saline Session House (below the parish church) to see our displays🙂 Further info: www.doorsopendays.org.uk/find-a-build... @scotcivictrust.bsky.social @fifecouncil.bsky.social #Fife #Heritage

Saline & District Heritage Society will be attending the Garden & Craft Show this Saturday (6th) in Saline Community Centre 2pm — 4:30pm Come and say hello! 👋 #Fife #Heritage

Today is #NationalSkyscraperDay in the US! However, it can be argued that church steeples were the first such structures. Scotland's tallest Mediaeval steeple is 👇 www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/the-s... and tallest steeple overall👇 www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/st-ma...

In 1507 Giovanni Damiano de Falcucci (“John Damian”), an Italian friar at the court of James IV of Scotland, having failed to impress at both medicine & alchemy, attempted to fly from Stirling Castle using wings of his own invention … #WyrdWednesday 1/2 strathardheritage.org/archive/stir...

Fascinating— thousands of years of history within one field in Fife! #Fife #Heritage #Archaeology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.guard-archaeology.co.uk/GALNews/

Love this piece of Glasgow Style stained glass, featuring 'MacKintosh' Roses, above the door to 50 Bothwell Street in Glasgow, which was built in 1901. #glasgow #architecture #charlesrenniemackintosh #glasgow #architecture #stainedglass #window #charlesrenniemackintosh #architecturephotography

📯 Thrilled to announce our first Speaker Event of the 2025—2026 season... Ruth Boreham, popular tour guide & Historian will present a fascinating talk on Scotland's suffragettes revealing her research into the movement. Join us from 7pm on Wed 17th September in Saline Church Hall #Fife #Heritage

We are thrilled to share the programme for our upcoming seminar series. Please continue to check our socials and our website over the coming weeks as the links to register for each of the seminars are published. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Back at the National Mining Museum Scotland and the small pop up exhibition space located at the bottom of the stairs to the galleries ‘Coal Seam to Squeaky Clean’ #MiningHistory #MiningHeritage #Pitheadbaths

Are you interested in the archaeology of South West Scotland? Join us at our first events for the SWSARF project! We'll be at Brodick Hall on 27th Sept and The CatStrand on 4th Oct discussing all things early-prehistoric. Head to our Eventbrite page for more info: bit.ly/4lEC5mp #HESSupported

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We've been busy putting together the finishing touches to our speakers programme for the upcoming season. Be sure to visit salinedistrictheritagesociety.wordpress.com for the latest updates & projects over the coming year😊 #Fife #Heritage

Since 2015, @eafsarch.bsky.social have been excavating Edinburgh's Cammo Estate, which was home to a mansion containing more than 50 rooms 😮 Want to take part in the dig, see the finds or join a guided walk? Don't miss their free open day on Saturday 16 August: www.digitscotland.com/events/cammo...

🏛️ The Scottish Archaeology Month 2025 programme is live! 👉 Check it out and start planning your September: www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/events/list/ Thanks to @hisenvscot for their support. #ScotArchMonth #HESsupported #archaeologyscotland #communityarchaeology #scottisharchaeology

The harbour at Dysart in Fife, incorporated into neighbouring Kirkcaldy in 1930, but offering a very distinct character and a history of involvement in coal mining, salt production, textiles, fishing, boat building and trade. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Dysart #Fife

The Old Kirkyard QR sign is in place on Bridge St, Saline!✨ Volunteers have officially unveiled it & are proud to have had support for our related archaeological projects from Fife Council & @digitscotland.bsky.social #Fife #heritage #cemetery

The new Saline Old Kirkyard sign has arrived! Coming soon to the gates on Bridge Street... keep a look out🔍 #Fife #heritage #cemetery

Plenty of blooms in our Community Garden plus a new raised bed ready to be planted! Pop along to take a look & meet the volunteers🌼🌞 #Fife #environment #gardens