A 2000 year tree-ring chronology for native pine in Scotland: that is the exciting objective of the NERC-funded SCOT2K Project led by Dr Rob Wilson at the University of St Andrews. I am delighted to have been appointed as a …
Dendrochronology masterclass
Delighted to have been invited to speak about dendrochronology in the Scottish cultural sphere for the 36th series of the Architectural Conservation Masterclasses, University of Edinburgh. Details and bookings for all the lectures in the 2013 programme through this link …
Peter Quelch on Rural Romania
Communities in parts of rural Romania retain a more collaborative, integrated and traditional approach to living on the land than survives in western Europe, though now under immense pressures of change. Peter Quelch, native woodlands expert and Dendrochronicle colleague, has …
Cree Valley Woodland Heritage Seminar
It was a great pleasure to be part of the Cree Valley Community Woodlands Trust’s seminar on Woodland Heritage held in and around Newton Stewart, Galloway, on 7th & 8th June 2012, an event supported by the Community Woodlands Association …
Woodland workshop – Cairngorms Community Heritage
One of the site visits on our woodland heritage workshop on 31st May 2012 for Cairngorms Community Heritage programme (led by RCAHMS, supported by Cairngorms National Park, workshop tutors Peter Quelch & Coralie Mills) was to an overgrown old oak …
Dendrochronology workshops announced
Two new Dendrochronicle one-day workshops have been announced, full details on the Events page, and bookings are now open. One is on tree-ring dating in archaeology (12th July) and one on tree-rings & tree-forms in wooded landscape studies (13th July), …
Historic Woodland Survey FCS dayschool
On 20th April 2012, Peter Quelch & Coralie Mills led a dayschool arranged by Matt Ritchie (FCS archaeologist) to introduce our approach to Historic Woodland Survey. The day was attended by several FCS staff and representatives of other institutions including …
Trossachs Woodland Heritage
The Trossachs are so rich in historic woodlands and cultural landscapes, a theme we explored in a Dendrochronicle training workshop and guided walk this weekend (tutors Peter Quelch & Coralie Mills). Our hosts, the Trossachs Landscape Heritage Network and the …