Events
Below is a list of upcoming talks, activities and other events.
To watch presentations recorded from previous online MAD evenings, click here.
For the events listing on the ARCH website please click here.
Events led by NOSAS are clearly indicated - these are open only to members and their guests unless stated otherwise.
26 February 2026 19:30
NOSAS Talk: Steve Worth on Kinloss Abbey
NOSAS MAD night. Archaeologist and NOSAS Trustee Steve Worth will talk about the project he is leading, which is investigating the remains of Kinloss Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, in Moray. Steve's burning questions about the site are, put simply,...8 March 2026 11:30
NOSAS Field Visit to Assynt: Loch Awe crannogs and more?
A visit to the archaeology of Assynt, Sutherland. Led by Dave McBain of Historic Assynt. Starting from Loch Awe (approx 2 miles west from Ledmore junction - first loch on the left). Meet at 11.30 am at the parking area opposite the quarry, which is ...19 March 2026 19:30
NOSAS Talk: Michael Zambon on the Conan Stone
NOSAS MAD night. Michael Zambon, who is undertaking an MRes with UHI will talk about his research on the Conan Stone - a Pictish cross-slab discovered near Conon Bridge in 2019. We have a new venue for the season's meetings - St Ninian's Church Hall...20 March 2026
NOSAS visit to Kilmartin Glen
NOSAS visit to Kilmartin Glen from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd March. We are arranging a NOSAS multi day visit to the archaeological delights of Kilmartin Glen in Argyll. For a very brief overview of the sites, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki...5 April 2026 13:30–16:50
NOSAS Walk to a Shieling above Cannich
Roland Spencer-Jones is leading a walk up to an interesting shieling site above Cannich. The steep brae beside the Allt Coillte opposite Invercannich has interesting remains of settlement, illegal whisky distilling and, at the top, a summer shieling ...16 April 2026 19:30
NOSAS Talk: The Battle of Littleferry 1746
Major General P C Marriott CB CBE, HM Lord-Lieutenant for Sutherland will talk about the skirmishes at Littleferry in Sutherland which occured between Jacobites and local militia the day before the Battle of Culloden. Appropriately, the talk takes pl...25 April 2026
NOSAS Excavation of a Stony Mound in Moray
There's a large stony mound on a rise in a field on the Lowmount Estate, just SE of Arderseir. This is an area rich in pre-history. The mound is archaeologically unrecorded. It could be a large clearance cairn, or it could be a prehistoric burial cai...16 May 2026 10:00
NOSAS Field Visit to Loch Lundie
TBC