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The Scotland Group is the only national sub-group of Icon and represents professional conservators throughout all disciplines, conservation scientists and preservation managers and specialists working in Scotland. We also welcome membership from all with an interest in conservation. We work to promote professional standards, training and membership services, raise the profile and understanding of conservation, foster good relations between conservation groups, and uphold the values of Icon. See the Icon Scotland Group Strategic Plan for 2007-2009. Contact: Icon Scotland, The Glasite Meeting House, 33 Barony Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6NX or
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The Scotland Group is very keen that we are well represented in Icon publications, so if you would like to contribute or help source copy, please contact
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Please contact the Icon Scotland Group if you have an event or news item you would like put onto the monthly Scottish Update, or the webmaster (
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) for additions to the webpage.
20 April, 13 July and 5 October, 6-8pm.
The Scotland Group aims to provide a varied and interesting events programme with both a professional development and a social focus. We welcome any suggestions for future events, please contact
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Applying for Accreditation? Icon Scotland Group Awards
The Group administers a small grant-aid budget specifically to help Scottish conservators with the costs of the PACR accreditation process (see www.pacr.org.uk). Applicants must be members of Icon, members of Icon Scotland Group and should be living and working in Scotland. A form for application can be downloaded from the Scotland Group page of the Icon website (www.icon.org.uk) or is available by e-mailing
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Completed forms should be sent to: The Chair, Icon Scotland Group c/o The Glasite Meeting House, 33 Barony Street, Edinburgh,
EH3 6NX
Awards to successful candidates will normally be £100 paid on receipt of confirmation of receiving accredited status. Currently ISG hope to make 4 awards per year; in the event of multiple applicants preference will be given to equal distribution between the disciplines. Applications are reviewed by ISG office bearers and applicants and awards are conditional on achieving ACR status. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Further details are on the Resources page where there is also an application form. (Accessible to members only.)
Forthcoming Icon Scotland Group Events
KINNEIL HOUSE - WALL PAINTINGS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, NEW ROMAN WORLD HERITAGE SITE & MORE
Thursday 20 May 2010
2 - 5pm
Venue: Kinneil Estate, Bo’ness, EH51 0PR
Cost: Members: free, non members: £5 and students: £2 Maximum number: 30
On this visit to the Kinneil Estate in Bo'ness we will start with a visit to the Kinneil Museum to get an introduction to what we will be looking at. We will then go over to the house to look at the 16th and early17th-century wall paintings. In particular we'll look at the new environmental control system put in place at the end of 2009 to protect these paintings. We will then take a short walk around the Estate, taking in part of the 2nd-century Roman wall (recently made a World Heritage Site as part of the Antonine Wall) as well as the site where James Watt worked to develop his steam engine designs. We'll then pass by the ruins of Kinneil Church and lastly the buildings that make up the now largely ruinous 15th, 16th and 17th-century Kinneil Palace. The house is not normally open and this is a rare opportunity to see the wall paintings, some of the finest in Scotland.
We'll be outside for about an hour so dress accordingly. There will be mud underfoot if it is wet. There is only limited non-stepped access - the wall paintings are on the first floor and the Fort is 1/2 mile walk across grass and paths.
Please book in advance by emailing
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or calling 07877 944815. Kinneil House is located on the western outskirts of Bo'ness off the A904. Follow signs for the Kinneil Museum and meet in the museum entrance.
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