by dunkeldcommarchive | Mar 27, 2026 | Local History
Today is Charles MacIntosh (The Perthshire Naturalist)’s Birthday. Charles was born in Inver near Dunkeld on the 27th of March 1839, he was known for his contributions to the Perthshire Society of Natural Science particularly his contributions around fungi....
by dunkeldcommarchive | Mar 20, 2026 | Local History
Elizabeth Kostova leading her writing workshop. Our update begins with the archaeology and history club events from last Friday and Saturday. Dr Kate Britton presented a fabulous talk on Palaeoarchaeology and archaeological science which was fantastically attended....
by dunkeldcommarchive | Mar 13, 2026 | Local History
The Young Archaeologists’ Club had a lovely time creating viking beads and oval brooches. This week we have been full steam ahead starting to organise our summer events. We are running events through our Archaeology and History Club as well as our Living...
by dunkeldcommarchive | Mar 6, 2026 | Local History
We have been very busy learning this week! On Monday we had our memories group, we were given a copy of a fantastic photograph of the Dunkeld and Birnam Women’s football team from around 1946. Prior to this donation we had nothing in our collection relating to...
by dunkeldcommarchive | Feb 27, 2026 | Local History
A spectacularly unusual visitor popped in to see us this week, Karina the Barn owl travels with her owners and visits a variety of locations across the UK. If you are interested in Karina’s travels, you can follow her facebook page here. Continuing the unusual...