Recording a section of Wade’s Road (Photo: HARP)
This field school will record the historical and archaeological sites dating to the 18th Century. The location of the project is inspired by a series of ‘Grand Tours’ of Scotland. The Tours were often facilitated by the construction of new military roads in Scotland, built in an attempt to ‘open up’ the Highlands following the Jacobite uprisings. We will follow the routes of these tours and military surveys to identify the changing landscape of the 18th Century, from the Jacobite uprisings, through to the start of the Highland Clearances.
The 2016 project will trace and record by historical research, photography, technical drawing, building recording and GIS, the visible remains of these routes including sections of Wade’s Road and its bridges. It will also record a selection of contemporary settlements and architecture.
Amongst other sites, the survey will visit the site of the Battle of Killiecrankie and Ruthven Barracks. We will be surveying sections of the military road that still survive to this day, and Drovers Inns that were an integral part of an 18th Century Tourist itinerary
The field school will be based in Highland Perthshire, and accommodation will be provided in a traditional, luxury, hunting lodge near Blair Atholl.
