EAFS Lecture Programme 2026/27

 

14 October 2026 to 12 May 2027

Please scroll to the foot of the page for details of our lecture location and booking information.

 

 

 
Wednesday 9 December

 

Members’ Annual Round-Up and Christmas Social 

 

 

 

2027

 

 

Wednesday 13 January

 

Dr Scott McCreadie

Senior Ancient Monuments Officer, Historic Environment Scotland

 

‘Conversion and Christianity in Viking Age Scotland’.

 

Scott T. McCreadie is a Senior Ancient Monuments Officer at Historic Environment Scotland. Scott obtained his PhD from the University of Glasgow in 2026, with his thesis focussing on the Christianisation and conversion of the Norse in Scandinavian Scotland. This examined the key role and wider context of chapel sites and ecclesiastical sculpture within the Christian landscapes of Shetland, Orkney, and the Outer Hebrides in the Viking Age and Late Norse period. He has been involved in archaeological excavations and survey research projects all across Scotland, Iceland, and Cyprus.

 

 

 

Wednesday 10 February
Dr Graeme Cavers

The Holyrood Park Excavations

 

 

Wednesday 10 March
AGM
 

 

Wednesday 14 April
Dr Annie Anderson

Souterrains

 

 

Wednesday 12 May
Dr Jill Harrison

Reviving the Trinity Stones

 

 

 

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Meetings take place monthly on Wednesdays, commencing at 7.00pm
in ROOM LG34 PATERSON’S LAND, HOLYROOD RD, EH8 8AQ
Please follow the EAFS signs from the main entrance hall at Paterson’s Land
 
All welcome. Members free. A donation of £3 is suggested for visitors.

 

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