@hannahwickes
Studying History & Archaeology of the Highlands & Islands at UHI. Non-Exec Director for Fair Tax Foundation, UK Community Foundations and Impress: the media regulator. Advisor @ Creatives for Climate. She/Her.
On this day in 1815, computer programmer Ada Lovelace was born in England. She believed computers might compose pieces of music but also that the "Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform."
You know what ys the coolest thinge? Libraryes.
Ceramic face on a shard of 14th century pottery.
Just an afternoon at the local archive. This character is from Inverness and is over 600 years old.
I was there on the weekend! Such a friendly face 😏
Today's work colleagues 🐏
Quartz stones and rocks drying on blue paper.
Trolleys of sand, stone and grit.
Find washing in a barn in Perthshire, some of these may or may not be tools.
Bucket of archaeology tools.
Boulder with an archaeology trench around it.
Dig day! Out with Perth & Kinross Heritage Trust excavating around huge boulders that have Pictish cup marks on them
Following for future pics of ginger george 🧡
Four people standing in front of a white stone building with textured walls and multiple-paned windows. They are on a circular stone path surrounded by grass, and the group is positioned in front of a cylindrical tower-like structure attached to the building.
We are busy getting ready for the new academic year, but our Dr Nicola Martin had a great afternoon out with students, visiting Abertarff House, the oldest house in Inverness. The students also had the opportunity to view short film 1745: An Untold Story of Slavery.
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