Staff and visitors at Kirkmadrine, learning about this 6th Century possible monastic site. …read more Source:: Facetube Whithorn

…read more Source:: Facetube Whithorn

Staff are off to visit the Kirkmadrine stones this evening, now that these magnificent Christian monuments have been redisplayed. Some of you may have seen the Herald article on Sunday 24th May relating to the importance of these stones at Whithorn’s sister site. If you were puzzled that Kirkmadrine is mentioned as the earliest monastery […]

ATTENTION CRAFT WORKERS ! We hope to hold craft workshops during our Iron Age summer this year. Are you interested in giving instruction in your craft to family groups and visitors ? We have a programme of Iron Age events coming and would like crafters to be part of it – please get in touch […]

Alex Fergsson MSP visits Whithorn School, who were on site to learn about ancient grain varieties and other Iron Age skills. We planted madder, woad, weld and black oats and bere. We’ll nurture them over the summer to get a good crop for harvest. …read more Source:: Facetube Whithorn

Whithorn and Garlieston Schools helped us launch our Iron Age farming project today, with a little help from Alex Fergusson MSP and the Heritage Lottery Fund. The children learnt how to plough with antlers, how to weave with willow, and how to scrape bark with flints. There was some really skilled ploughing and weaving from […]