Wemyss Caves 4D: a digital future for the Pictish Wemyss Caves, Fife Scotland
Wemyss Caves 4D is a collaborative digital documentation and interpretation project involving archaeologists from the SCAPE Trust, University of St Andrews and the community group Save the Wemyss Ancient Caves Society (SWACS). The project website introduces a worldwide audience to renowned Pictish carvings inscribed into the walls of the Wemyss Caves in Fife, Scotland. Most of the caves are difficult to access and all are directly threatened by coastal erosion, structural instability and vandalism.
Laser scanning and convergence photogrammetric survey techniques were applied to eight hundred metres of coastline and eight caves to document the carvings within their setting. Individual carvings were recorded by community volunteers using Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI).
The massive resulting dataset was simplified and combined with historic content to present a coherent interactive digital resource that allows users to explore a realistic virtual model of the caves; examine the carvings; access additional information, and even travel back in time to see the caves as the Picts would have done.
Within each cave, context-relevant material (image gallery, video, RTI scan etc.) can be called up via a popup viewer. These viewers are self-contained modules which integrate into the main code, allowing for more content types to be seamlessly added to the site via the application programming interface (API).
Achieving a responsive design for the website necessitated amending the WebRTI viewer developed by the Visual Computing Lab of the Italian National Research Council and further modifications to other third party components such as the panorama viewer to enable communication between them and the core code.
Content is also organised through a filterable catalogue allowing the considerable resources to be accessed through a single click. The back-end database allows us to easily add new or rediscovered content.
This presentation will discuss the design and technical challenges of the website, in which we sought to create a balance between the interactive interface designed to give some simulation of the experience of being in the caves with a practical and intuitive way of accessing the rich and detailed content relating to the caves and carvings.
Mike Arrowsmith
Scotland's Backyard Castles - Macduff's Castle & the Wemyss Caves in Fife | Dig It! TV
Dig It! TV discover carved Pictish symbols, warring thanes and ancient kingmakers in their journey to Macduff's castle in Fife. A nationally important heritage site with archaeological remains going back 4,000 years, this charismatic and rugged ruin is connected to some of the defining moments in Scotland's history.
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A visit to the caves on Wemyss beach Fife including Johns cave & the wall carvings maid by Picts in the 6th to 9th century. Also featured on the Time Team Chanel 4.
Best Attractions and Places to See in Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom UK
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Kirkcaldy Galleries
Adam Smith Theatre
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Ravenscraig Park
Ravenscraig Castle
Beveridge Park
Fife Ice Arena
Pathead Sands
Stark's Park
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Inside Court Cave Wemyss Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the inside of the Court cave on the coastal path on visit to the Wemyss Caves in Fife. This is part of the path from East Wemyss to Lower Largo.
Old Photographs East Wemyss Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of East Wemyss a village situated on the south coast of the Kingdom of Fife. This Scottish village was traditionally one of several coal mining communities along the south coast of Fife. The pit was its main employer for many years until it was closed in 1967 due to a fire which resulted in the deaths of nine men. East Wemyss is also home to the ruins of MacDuff's Castle, home to the MacDuff Earls of Fife, the most powerful family in Fife during the Middle Ages. Wemyss and District Tramways operated a tramway service between Leven and Kirkcaldy between 1906 and 1932. The Wemyss Tramway Order of 1905 authorised the construction of this tramway. It was financed by the Wemyss Coal Company, owned by Randolph Wemyss. The mainline of the tramway joined Leven, Methil, Buckhaven, East Wemyss, West Wemyss, Coaltown of Wemyss, Dysart and Kirkcaldy.
macduff castle east wemyss fife scotland
It is thought that a castle may have been built here by the MacDuff Mormaers, or Earls, of Fife in the 11th century, at the time of King Macbeth of Scotland (d. 1057). The Wemyss family, descendents of the MacDuffs, owned the property from the 14th century, and built the earliest part of the present castle. Edward I of England paid a visit here in 1304, staying with Sir Michael Wemyss. However, Wemyss later joined forces with Robert the Bruce, and Edward ordered the castle to be destroyed.[citation needed]
After the Wemyss family moved to nearby Wemyss Castle, it passed to the Livingstones, and then in 1530 it was taken over by the Colvilles who built a second tower to the south-west, and enclosed a courtyard with a gatehouse. In 1637 the castle was bought by Sir John Wemyss of West Wemyss, from Lord Colville of Culross, and in 1651 the lands of East and West Wemyss were united as a single barony.[1]
Coaltown Of Wemyss Back Streets
Coaltown of Wemyss Fife Scotland
Fife Roadtrip..Caves & Beaches
A Road-trip around Fife today including Kennoway Lower Largo.
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Steve and I visit Kirkcaldy in Fife, Scotland to check out Ravenscraig castle and its interesting history! Ravenscraig castle and park are FREE to visit!
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Exploring The East Neuk - Fife
Exploring the Nooks & Crannies in East Neuk Fife. We took a trip to Anstruther, Pittenweam and Crail. Beaches, food, dogs and the Sea! Absolutely beautiful day!
Dysart Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of Dysart on ancestry visit to Fife.
Drive Around Outlander TV Location Culross Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, around Culross on visit to Fife. The historic town of Culross, in Fife, has been used in several Outlander episodes. The town is best remembered as being used as Cranesmuir in season 1. The Mercat Cross, in the centre of Culross, acted as the centre of Cranesmuir. Here is located Geillis Duncan’s house and the historically picturesque town square where Geillis is sentenced to burn for being a witch. It is also here that Jamie and Claire rescue the thief, Tammas, when his ear is pinned to the post. With narrow roads, the streets of Culross, during the Outlander episodes, were almost free from traffic, making it easy to imagine life in the 18th century. The Outlander cast and crew returned to Culross for season 4 filming. This time, with Nell Hudson and Sophie Skelton, filming took place outside a house near Mercat Cross. This was for scenes involving Bree, Laoghaire and Joanie, when Laoghaire rescues Bree from the cold, then later discovers that she is Jamie’s daughter. Laoghaire’s home can be seen, near Mercat Cross, on Little Causeway.
The Vacant Shops in Kirkcaldy High Street
Connie Davidson looks at the why there are so many shops with nothing in them on Kirkcaldy High Street. She catches up with Chicken Shop owner, Dennis Alexander, and looks at the future of the High Street.
Scotland's Backyard Castles - Ravenscraig Castle in Fife | Dig It! TV
Exploding canons, revolutionary architecture and a queenly patron; this backyard castle has it all! Join Dig It! TV and The Castle Hunter as they advance upon the formidable entrance to Ravenscraig Castle near Kirkcaldy, Fife. A design of epic proportions, this impressive royal residence turned imposing fortress has defended its inhabitants from deadly sieges, and even features in Walter Scott’s epic poem, ‘Lay of the Last Minstrel’.
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Fife Yer No Finished Ata by Duncan Meharry
Wemyss Cave is situated on the Fife shoreline.The cave contains prehistoric paintings on it`s walls that were made by stone age Fifers.These cave dwellers burned coal on their fires.Every day sea coal is delivered on the tide as the rich coal seams are exposed below sea level.Thus for millennia,this rich harvest of coal has sustained the local economy.
In the 16th century King James V of Scotland famously described the ancient kingdom of Fife as `A beggar`s mantle fringed with gold.`The gold to which he referred was the coal being produced in the mine workings of Culross and Wemyss.This coal was taxed by the king and it provided him with his biggest single source of revenue.
The need for coal grew and grew through the industrial revolution and into the 20th century when Fife had 15 coalmines in production.
In 1982 there were ten thousand men employed in the Fife mines. By 1987 there were none. The Thatcher government
shut the whole industry down.The last pit to shut was Seafield colliery.The twin concrete winding towers dominated the skyline of Kirkcaldy and were to be blown up.On the the day of detonation a crowd of about 300 people gathered to witness the event.There was a carnival atmosphere. Many people had brought their children,refreshments,cameras.A flash went off across the middle of the giant towers then like in slow motion they started falling.It was awsome.The sound was that of thunder in the mountains.You could feel the vibration in your sternum.People were cheering as millions of tons of concrete fell crashing to the ground.It was over in seconds.The cheers faded, and, as the huge pall of smoke floated out over the Forth,
an eerie silence fell over the crowd.The feeling of sadness was palpable and unexpected.We knew that what we had witnessed was not just the end of a coal mine but the end of a culture.
East Neuk roadtrip: (part one) The race to see the Flying Scotsman & West Wemyss.
Jag, Bro & Rosie rush to Fife to see the Flying Scotsman. Will they get there in time? Will Jags map reading skills save the day?
Afterwaards they head to West Wemyss for a wee wander.
THE FIFE COASTAL TRAIL
Photos of The Kingdom of FIFE,Scotland.
6 Fife's coast - Trip to Scotland
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Da Dunfermline ripartiamo e proseguiamo lungo la costa sino ad arrivare a Dundee per la notte.
Durante il percorso, visitiamo pittoreschi villaggi di pescatori e una costa davvero affascinante.
Aberdou ha bellissime spiagge argentate e un castello del XIII secolo. È un villaggio storico, di circa 1.700 abitanti
Kirkcaldy è attualmente la più grande città della regione del Fife. Ha una popolazione di 47.000 abitanti
Elie costituisce, attualmente, una destinazione turistica rilevante, frequentata dalle famiglie dalla vicina Edimburgo che ne apprezzano l'aria tonificante
Saint Monans è un piccolo e pittoresco villaggio, una volta prevalentemente dedito alla pesca, attualmente attrazione turistica della zona
Pittenweem è un piccolo e isolato villaggio di pescatori posto in un angolo del Fife, sulla costa orientale della Scozia
Nella città di St. Andrews troviamo la cattedrale risalente all'VIII secolo. È una famosa cattedrale storica, ai suoi tempi la più grande, ora giace in rovina. L'insediamento è cresciuto a ovest della cattedrale e divenne ben presto la capitale ecclesiastica della Scozia, una posizione che mantenne fino alla Riforma scozzese.
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