MACC Dalriada Project

In 2008/9 and 2009/10 we will work on a new two-year project, externally-supported by the the Dalriada Project. This has developed from our 'Argyll - History and Mystery' project, and some members' involvement in the Community History section of the Dalriada Project.

The Dalriada area includes the Crinan Canal corridor, Knapdale Forest and Kilmartin Glen, extending north to about Ford, east to a bit beyond Lochgilphead, west to the coast, and south to include part of Loch Caolisport.

Outline of the project

The project is a extension of our 'Argyll - History and Mystery' project, re- focused on the part of Mid Argyll defined by the Dalriada Project. Members will continue to photograph buildings and other man-made structures and their settings within the Dalriada Project area, and will also photograph activities, events and landscapes/seascapes.

Resulting images will be gathered together digitally, and some will be selected for printing. Images will be grouped together in overlapping themes and presented in various ways. Themes of interest to members and to the Dalriada Project include:

• Dalriada Community Construction - photographic records of work carried out by the Dalriada Project, including the Heritage Access Network.
• Community History - images illustrating stories gathered by the Dalriada Community History project - people, shops, schools, village halls, hotels, pubs, garages, transport, wartime, festivals and events
• Built Heritage - old and new buildings, illustrating current state and usage, more recent architectural curiosities, buildings at risk, buildings already gone, buildings scheduled for demolition or disposal.
• Industrial Heritage - factories and production units, past and present, fishing and aquaculture, local services and facilities.
• Then & Now - images of old paintings, drawings and photographs gathered from archives and publications shown together with present day photographs taken from the same viewpoint
• Landscape Changes - forestry, farmland, townscapes and villages past and present, open sites likely to be developed, seascapes and islands, construction work.
• Archaeological Heritage - ancient monuments and excavations, including the Crinan Canal.
• Natural Heritage - habitats, landscapes, marine life, flora, fauna, livestock.
• Leisure & Recreation - walking & cycling, sailing & boating, angling, food & drink, music & drama, shopping, sports.
• The Crinan Canal - photographs of the canal, illustrating current state and usage, to be kept as archives.

Making the project visible to the public

There should be several hundred images archived, and many of them displayed. As well as providing images to the Dalriada project which can be used in other output, we will present our images and interpretive caption texts as

• mounted prints in the Lochgilphead Community Education Centre (eg starting in the Autumn of 2008), with each theme on display for a few weeks at a time, with breaks.
• on CD for each main theme (especially for the archived images). Copies would be available for other storage and use, eg screen display in museum/Community Centre.
• on this MACC web site (and the Dalriada Project site if desired).
• images for a Dalriada calender

Copyright

Each image provided for the Dalriada Project, and each image on this web site is copyright - see statement.

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