Events Calendar
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Moray Walking Festival: Hopeman: Fossil dunes and trackways
Saturday 21st June 2025, 1000 – 1630
**SOLD OUT**
Join Elgin Museum Geology Group Volunteer Dave Longstaff on this full day event to examine features of the late Permian Hopeman Sandstone Formation, including fossilised dunes and animal trackways.
Starting at the Hopeman beach huts, we will see relicts of aeolian barchan and possible star dunes before examining a stretch of coastline that shows small faults, a range of soft sediment deformation features, fluvial and lacustrine sandstones, abandoned millstones and quarries, trace fossils and other sedimentary features.
After lunch in Cove Bay (NJ 1594 7011) around low tide of 14:49 we will look at a well-studied fault zone and post-glacial caves. We will then go to Clashach Quarry to examine fossilised reptile footprints and glacial features before descending to the coast via a short path to visit an old sandstone quarry (1781), the old Clashach port, Jock Muldoon’s Cave and see some beautifully displayed sandstone cross-bedding and relicts of quarrying.
When the excursion finishes, we will return to the beach huts via the coastal path; the expected time back at cars is 1600-1630.
NOTES:
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- Please wear appropriate footwear for walking on rough tracks / trails: stout boots are recommended, walking pole(s) if normally used
- Please wear / bring layered clothing appropriate for variable weather conditions, waterproof outerwear, hat & gloves (or sun hat if appropriate)
- You may wish to bring: packed lunch and other snacks, water, hand lens, binoculars, camera, whistle, sunscreen
- No dogs allowed
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT!
Friday 15th August 2025
6.30pm – 10pm (Doors open 6.15pm)
@ Elgin Ex-Servicemens Club
Adults £5 / Moray Society members £4
Join us at our fundraising quiz for a fun night that will test your general (and local) knowledge! Alongside the quiz, we’ll also have a raffle. Snacks will be provided, and drinks can be purchased at the venue.
Suitable for over-16s only. Come on your own or bring a group of friends & family!
All proceeds go towards our Building Redevelopment project to help us enhance and improve Elgin Museum and make it a museum fit for the future.
PLEASE NOTE: the quiz will be held at the Ex-Servicemens Club, 9 High Street, Elgin
Breaking New Ground: sharing archaeological discoveries from Moray
Elgin Museum’s Archaeology Conference 2025
Saturday 13th September, 9am – 5pm
TICKET SALES CLOSE AT 5PM ON 11TH SEPTEMBER 2025
Hear from a wide range of speakers covering all aspects of archaeological investigation carried out in Moray in recent years, from academic research projects to developer-funded commercial projects, as well as discussion about public benefit opportunities in archaeology – from community excavations, through to school involvement and what happens to all the finds that are excavated.
TICKETS CAN BE BOOKED ONLINE VIA OUR TICKETING PLATFORM:
IN PERSON (price includes refreshments during breaks and lunch)
Students £15.00
Moray Society Members £22.50
Adults £30
Students £5
Moray Society Members £7.50
Adults £12.50
Visit our online booking page to book your place – spaces are limited, so book now!
Why not consider becoming a Moray Society member and enjoy discounted entry to the conference? Find out more on our website.
Full list of chairs and speakers:
Session Chairs:
Martin Cook, AOC Archaeology Group; Nick Brown, conservation architect; Dr Fraser Hunter, National Museums Scotland
Speakers:
Derek Alexander, NTS: Pioneering Spirit – excavating the old distillery site at Upper Drumin, Glenlivet
Michael Stratigos, Interdisciplinary Research Fellow/Lecturer Archaeology, University of Aberdeen: Loch Spynie Through Time
Gordon Noble, Professor of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen: The Citadel Project: Rescue and Research: Excavations at Burghead, Moray
Professor Ian Armit, University of York and Dr Lindsey Büster, University of York/Canterbury Christ Church University: Close Encounters with the dead at the Covesea Caves
Dr Fraser Hunter, NMS: Metalwork in Moray: Celtic art, Roman connections
Mary Peteranna, AOC Archaeology Group: Iron Age settlement and industry at Knockomie, Grantown Rd, Forres
Ana Rodrigues and Dr Clive Waddington, Archaeological Research Services Ltd: Settlement and Metal Production in the Iron Age: Scotland’s Largest Iron-Producing Site at Lochinver Quarry in the Context of the Agricola Invasion
Yvonne Robertson, AOC Archaeology Group: Prehistoric Portgordon and the excavation of a timber ‘hall’ in Moray
Martin Cook, AOC Archaeology Group and Janet Trythall, Elgin Museum: Why are we digging? The public benefits of excavation and research in Scotland