SWACSFife Doors Open Days! Come on down to East Wemyss and learn about the wonderful heritage here, the Picts and how the caves tied into the wider cultural landscape right into the modern era.
I'm up at McDuff Castle.
There are still places available on the 2:30pm free guided tour this Sunday.
Grab your tickets and get more information here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/savewemyssancientcavessociety/1190722
#free #LocalHistory #localheritage #wemysscaves #Fife #FifeCoastalPath
Booking is now available for our Sunday guided tours. They will run from April 7th through to the end of September.
Follow this link (also in bio) to book your place! https://wemysscaves.org/visitor-centre-and-museum/
#scotland #history #archaeology #fife #FifeCoastalPath #caves #heritage #localheritage #wemysscaves
Museum and Cave Tours
Our Visitor Centre in the village of East Wemyss is normally open every Sunday between 1:30pm and 5pm from April to September. The guided tours depart at 2pm and 2:30pm. The Tour Advance booking for the tour is essential as numbers are strictly limited due to ongoing restrictions. This is a coastal landscape with some...
Our exciting news now with pictures in the courier:
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/fife/4838309/skull-discovered-fife-caves-wemyss/
#archaeology #fife #localhistory #WemyssCaves #FifeCoastalPath
News from the Wemyss Caves. We found a new burial.
https://wemysscaves.org/news/new-burials-found-at-the-caves/
#Archaeology #WemyssCaves #LocalHistory #Fife #FifeCoastalPath #Burial #Pictish
Come and find us in the entrance of Court Cave today.
We're doing our accessible tours today, but I'll be in here all afternoon if you want to chat to be about caves and Picts! (Or anything else).
I also brought Woody, in case anyone needs doggy snuggles. 😊
#scotland #history #archaeology #fife #FifeCoastalPath #caves #heritage #localheritage #wemysscaves
Current view out of court cave. 😊
It's raining. The sound of the drops falling on the leaves is soothing.
Our tours for April are now live on eventbrite for you to book!
It would be lovely to see you on one of our tours. We have added an accessible option for this year, and we hope that this will help getting even more people involved in this unique heritage site.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/save-wemyss-ancient-caves-society-11265673534
There has also been a drone flying about the coastline at Wemyss. This is part of our annual monitoring in partnership with our friends from the SCAPE trust.
For this we ensure that survey points are visible to a drone filming data on the erosion on the site which can be directly compared year on year.
#drone #AerialArchaeology #Archaeology #WemyssCaves #Monitoring #LocalHeritage #Fife
More info about SCAPE here:
https://scapetrust.org
We have also used the time to do a bit more maintenance on our Pictish Garden. It's currently still all about suppressing the weeds and preparing the ground, but watch this space...
Want to get involved with our garden project? Get in contact, we're always looking for more enthusiastic helpers!