Wemyss Caves 40th Anniversary Conference

A one-day conference to explore the latest developments in our understanding of the Wemyss Caves and their context. The conference is free to attend and lunch will be provided for those who book in advance.

Confirmed speakers:

• Professor Gordon Noble (University of Aberdeen): Fife and the Southern Picts: East Lomond and its Wider Context
• Joanna Hambly (University of St Andrews and The SCAPE Trust): Recent Archaeological Discoveries at the Wemyss Caves
• Dr Simon Taylor (University of Glasgow): Place-Names of Wemyss: a Window on the Past
• Dr Adrián Maldonado (National Museums Scotland): Death on the Forth: Iron Age to Pictish Burial in Fife
• Dr Kelly Kilpatrick (PCAS Archaeology): The Iron Age Celtic Origins of Pictish Art and Symbolism

And from SWACS:

• Mike Arrowsmith: On the Edge of Empire: Roman Influence at the Wemyss Caves
• Pam Cranston: Cast from Stone: a Century of Replica Carvings
• Dr Sue Hamstead: Home is Where the Hearth is: Reconstructing a Hearth from East Lomond in the SWACS Pictish History Garden
• Miriam Kroll: What Street Art Can Teach Us About the Wemyss Caves

There is plentiful free car parking on site. Regular Stagecoach buses (7, 18 and 43/44) stop directly outside Levenmouth Academy on Methilhaven Road and connect to Leven or Cameron Bridge railway stations.