Primary pupils are digging for treasure
There was a dig for treasure going on in the grounds of Portmoak Primary School at the weekend.
On Saturday, two children from Portmoak Primary School became historic detectives when they tried being “an Archaeologist for a Day” in their own gardens .
Through a competition run by Our Portmoak and Portmoak Primary School, children explained why they wanted to be an archaeologist for a day and why they thought their garden would be a good place to dig for history.
The children were also asked to draw a picture showing their garden or them as an archaeologist.
Two winners, Ella Forbes (9) and Heather Cox (8) were chosen by Professor David Munro, chair of Kinross Museum.
For the weekend dig they had services of an archaeologist from OJT Heritage to help them dig and identify their finds.
Then on Sunday June 18 there was a free community archaeology dig in two Kinross sites of historic interest : The Michael Bruce Cottage garden in Kinnesswood and again at Portmoak Primary School.
Pupils got the rare opportunity of digging up their school playground to see what treasures were hiding underneath.
The Muckle Dig is part of a year-long programme of Our Portmoak events celebrating Scotland’s Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology.
All the events are free and include archaeological digs, walks, talks, workshops, music and song to tell the fascinating story of Portmoak through the ages.
The events have been made possible as part of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic Environment Scotland funded Our Portmoak project.
The Muckle Dig at Portmoak School