SWACS shortlisted for a Scottish Angel Heritage award
The Save Wemyss Ancient Caves Society are delighted to have been shortlisted for a Scottish Angel Heritage award.
French Visitors Come to the Caves
The Levenmouth area is being twinned with Bruges in France and we were delighted to play a part in entertaining the visiting French delegates.
Successful 2015 Annual Lecture
SWACS were very lucky to have Marcus Abbott from York Archaeological Trust (YAT) to give our annual lecture.
Busy Weekend for SWACS and Friends
Castle, Caves and Coast Community Clean-Up and First Open Sunday
Visualization project
A team from York Archaeological Trust (YAT – mainly Marcus and Rachel) were at Wemyss Caves during March using a variety of complementary methods of data capture. Laser scanning was used to record the contours of the caves and also of the land outwith and above them. In addition, the
New SWACS Mascot
After attending our Special Open Day, Sheila Douglas most generously donated a beautiful handmade teddy bear – Sheila’s own work.
Special Open Day at the Wemyss Caves
We have digital archaeologists from York Archaeological Trust at the Wemyss Caves from Monday, 9 March, to Friday, 20 March, inclusive. They’re here to complete the data collection for the Visualization Project. The pilot project was carried out in Jonathan’s Cave in November 2013 resulting in the Wemyss Caves 4D
Castle, Caves & Coast Cleanup
SWACS in conjunction with friends will be doing a cleanup of the land surrounding MacDuff Castle, the Wemyss Caves and the general coastal area. This will take place on Saturday, 11th April from 10:00 until 13:00. All Welcome!
Volunteering Opportunity at Wemyss Caves
SWACS have an exciting couple of weeks coming up. At the moment our Wemyss Caves 4D website features only Jonathan’s Cave, but experts from York Archaeological Trust are about to begin work on rolling out the Visualization Project to the rest of the caves. So, from Monday, 9 March, through
Wemyss Caves discussed on BBC 4’s Digging for Britain
Archaeologist, Dom Dawson (SCAPE and St Andrew’s University) discusses the Wemyss Caves on BBC 4’s Digging For Britain. Tom’s interview is available to watch on BBC iplayer at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b052vcbd/digging-for-britain-series-3-3-north The segment is about 30 minutes in and will be available for the next 28 days.
