The Friends of Brechin Town House Museum plan to hold events and talks throughout the year.  These include illustrated talks at the Mechanics Institute and

 Registrars Office in Panmure Street and visits to various places of historical interest.            

Forthcoming Events:

The sixth session in a series of talks will be held at the THI Office at 32 Panmure Street on Wednesday 6^th of May at 3pm.

The talks have been organised as part of the Brechin Townscape Heritage Initiative project, in conjunction with the Brechin Civic Trust and Friends of the Townhouse Museum.

Moira Greig, Aberdeenshire Archaeological Service, will be giving a presentation on Scottish Stone Masons’ marks project. Masons’ marks are signatures cut into stone wherever the masons’ worked and they hold valuable clues to the construction of buildings from the Middle Ages to the 18^th century, as well as to the craftsmen who worked on the buildings. This is a project supported by Historic Scotland covering the regions of Aberdeenshire, Moray and Angus and it will produce a database of all the marks in the area with the help of local heritage and history societies. The aim is to discover more about a group of people of which little is written about.

A number of masons’ marks have already been recorded in Brechin, including the Cathedral and the Townhouse Museum. Elsewhere in Angus, a record has been made of the marks found on the A listed structure Northwater Bridge, Montrose, where 283 marks were discovered on one span and 362 on another, equating to 16 different masons.

The talk is free of charge and will last approximately 45 minutes. As space is limited, you are advised to book a place beforehand by calling Sarah Kettles, the THI Project Manager on 01356 623488.
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