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SAMPHIRE talk at the Scottish Institute of Marine Science

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We are starting our community engagement on the west coast of Scotland tomorrow and can be seen at harbours, coastal towns and heritage centres around the south-western Highlands and Argyll and Bute over the next eight days. As part of this phase we are giving a series of talks in several different locations.

At 2pm on Friday 23rd of May we will give an hour long talk at the Scottish Association of Marine Science, one of Europe’s leading marine science research organisations and one of the oldest oceanographic organisations in the world. The talk will form part of their Spring Seminar Series. If you are in the Oban area please come along to see some of our exciting marine archaeological results from last year and to hear about amazing wrecks and other sites we will be researching and diving at this year. We will be working with SAMS dive team and if you are interested in participating as a volunteer, on foot or underwater get in touch through the website. No booking is required, the talk is free and will be held in the SAMS offices at Dunstaffnage.

Diver training with the Nautical Archaeology Society

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Project SAMPHIRE is all about building bridges between professional maritime archaeologists and the local communities with knowledge about archaeological sites. Although we mainly focus on sharing of information, we also work with groups like the Nautical Archaeology Society (https://www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org/) who offer training to those who want to get even more involved.

Dr Dan Atkinson and John McCarthy (from WA Coastal & Marine and the SAMPHIRE Project), and Steve Liscoe (Fife Council), are also tutors for the NAS and last weekend we ran a one day Nautical Archaeology Society Introduction course for a group of recreational divers. The day included a mix of theory and practical sessions. We spent the morning going over the basics of maritime archaeology, including how to survey a site and then moved to Musselburgh Pool to put the theory into practice. This course was supported by Historic Scotland.

You can see more images from the training course here.

 

Flying boats

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One of the flying boats we will be investigating this summer with our friends at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, the Nautical Archaeology Society (through Lochaline Dive Centre) and local divers. The newly surveyed sites including a Catalina and a Sunderland. See some more details on the SAMS website at https://www.maremap.ac.uk/view/activities/news/20140127_wreck.html

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A side scan sonar image showing one of the flying boats lying on the seabed near Oban. ©SAMS.

If you have any further info on these sites please contact us through the contact page above.