Archive for the 'NAS and Seasearch Courses' Category

BSAC/NAS Wreck Appreciation Course - June 08

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Do you know your davit from your derrick? If not then this is the course for you!
Turning up at the Aqua Hotel, Portland on a bright sunny morning I hoped that this course would help me identify the bits and lumps of metal I saw scattered around the seabed on wreck dives.

I rarely took much […]

Seasearch Observer and Nudibranch Courses - June 08

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Mention Norfolk and images of large white shrink wrapped clammy turkeys come to mind. However, that was to be my destination for two consecutive weekends, or to be more precise, Sheringham on the Norfolk coast. This was a part of the UK I had never been before and my purpose was to attend the Seasearch Observer course and […]

NAS Intro to Foreshore and Underwater Archaelology

Friday, March 4th, 2005

My interest in underwater archaeology began a few years ago following a visit to Loch Tay and seeing a reconstructed
crannog. These are Iron Age timber roundhouses built on piles that have been driven into the bed of the loch.

I had been prompted to visit the Loch after watching a Channel 4 Time Team programme. They […]