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  • HMS Spring Meeting: Early Scottish Metallurgy, 20th March 2010 (10am-5pm)

    Venue
    The spring day meeting of the Historical Metallurgy Society will be held at the National Museum of Scotland, Chamber Street, Edinburgh.

    Organiser
    The Day Meeting is being organised by Fraser Hunter.
    Email: Fraser Hunter.

    This workshop aims to provide a forum for the presentation of recent studies on early metallurgical research in Scotland.

    Speakers and Topics (draft)

    John Pickin
    South Scottish mines / Tonderghie

    Tim Mighall
    Heavy metal pollution signatures

    Tam Ward
    Lanarkshire lead smelting

    Ross Murray
    Culduthel – the site

    David Dungworth
    Culduthel – the slag and iron

    Gavin McGregor / Dave Seddon Mid Ross Iron Age furnaces

    Trevor Cowie
    Late Bronze Age moulds

    Daniel Sahlén
    Metalworking ceramics

    Jim Tate / Lore Troalen / Martin Goldberg / Alice Blackwell
    Recent National Museum of Scotland work on Roman and Early Historic silver (or possibly something on Mine Howe)

    Gerry McDonnell
    Mine Howe and Scatness

    Andrew Heald
    Moulds and crucibles (possibly Mine Howe or Tarbat)

    Effie Photos-Jones
    tbc

    Fraser Hunter
    Birnie or Traprain?